14/06/2023
ପହିଲି ରଜ..🌼🌼
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Raja is a four-day-long festival dedicated to Mother Earth (Bhuma Devi) and womanhood at large. The first day is Sajabaja, the day when girls decorate hands and feet with Alta or Mehendi and get ready for the four-day-long carnival.
Odisha is the only state that celebrates Menstruation..🌼🌼
The day sajabaja not only defines makeup atrtistry of girls, it also has some more beautiful facts which every Odia household do. The day before first day is called Sajabaja or preparatory day during which the house, kitchen including grinding stones are cleaned, spices are ground for three days. All the cutting, grinding, washing, cleaning works are done because next three days these works are not to be done. During these three days women and girls take rest from work and wear new Saree, Alata, and ornaments.
Lets know what is the fact behind celebrating menstruation--::❤
🌼As women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also Mother Earth menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of Mother Earth. During the festival all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman.
Amazing and unique festival of our Odisha..🌼