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Mahalaxmi Jo Sagado (Sagaro)
This
is one of unique and important festival in the Sindhi
festival calendar. The festival is dedicated to Goddess
Mahalaxmi, the Goddess of wealth and being celebrated
during the "Shiradhs" - a time period of two weeks
dedicated for paying homage to forefathers. Celebration
of festival starts with tiding "Sagaro" a thread belt
complied from raw thread with sixteen knots, on wrist.
On the eighth shiradh sagaro is untied.
To mark the end of festival a special worship prayer of
Goddess Mahalaxmi is conducted in near by temple where
all the ladies are gathered with sagara of all the
family members. Each Sagaro is rolled over the set of
four "Puris" and for each sagara set of two each Sori
[sixteen pointed Tiki] and Titar [with four points] are
made and after the worship are to be eaten by the family
member concerned.
For this festival Tikyoon, Lola and Satpuda are prepared
in Sindhi homes. Satpuda socked in sweet milk is one of
tasty sindhi food. |
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Thadadi
Religious
and social roots of Sindhis & Hindus goes to same origin
point in the Indus valley civilization. In the Hindu
calendar Shrawan or Shiravan month is treated as one of
the scared month and many Hindu festivals fall in this
month the same is with the festivals of Sindhis.
Thadadi is a sindhi festival celebrated in the month of
Shiravan and is dedicated to Goddess Sitala Mata, beside
the worshiping the Goddess on this day for keeping the
individuals protected from the fire of anger prayers are
also made for safeguarding of houses from the fire of
jealousy and anguish.
This festival also underline the importance perseverance
of food stuffs in human life, as on the this cocking
fire in the sindhi homes is kept rested and food cocked
on previous day is eaten.
On this day main food stuffs are the Mithuoon Kokiyoon
[sweet] prepared from wheat flour and sugar and
Chahiryoon Kokiyoon [Salted] prepared from Gram Dal
flour, green Chilies and salt with Curd, Pickle and some
other fried vegetables, though in recent times, in some
Sindhi homes "Pulav" is also cooked on previous night
for eating on day of Thadadi. |
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