Tusu Festival is a folk festival held on the last day of the Hindu month of Paush, i.e., Makar Sankranti. It is mainly river centric.It is a unifying form of common faith and belief of the agrarian society in joy of harvesting crops.[1] At the end of the festivities, the immersion of the image of Tusu is done vividly and with songs which have a melancholic ring. Rural fairs are also organised during the festival.[2] The festival Tusu, is mostly celebrated in Southwest of West Bengal, Southeast of Jharkhand, Northeastern Odisha as well in the Tea-State of Assam.[3][4][5]
| Tusu parab | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Observed by | Tribal people of Eastern India |
| Type | Cultural |
| Significance | worship of Goddess Tusmani |
| Celebrations | crops harvesting |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Related to | Makar Sankranti |
Etymology
editThere are different theories about the origin of the word Tusu. Many believe that the word 'tusu' originates from rice bran, which is called Tush[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kundu, Satabdi; Islam, Md. Mohidul; Nandi, Shyamal Kumar (Dec 2016). "Traditional Festivity of Tusu Puja: An Anthropological Appraisal". Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India. 65 (2): 333–340. doi:10.1177/2277436x20160211. ISSN 2277-436X. S2CID 217935042 – via SAGE journals.
- ^ a b Anjalika Mukhopadhyay (2012). "Tusu Festival". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ McDaniel, June (Aug 2002). "O Ṭuṣu Mā: Self-Expression, Oral History, and Social Commentary for the Jharkhand Goddess". International Journal of Hindu Studies. 6 (2). No. 2. Springer: 175–197. doi:10.1007/s11407-002-0007-7. JSTOR 20106813. S2CID 144677997.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Dr. Shreya; Kuiry, Hare Krishna (2021). "Death to Deification: Reading the Many Tales of Goddess Tusu" (PDF). vidyasagar.ac.in. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "G Plus | Guwahati's Foremost Media Network | Guwahati News".
External links
edit- Bhattacharji, Shreya; Kuiry, Hare Krishna. "Death to Deification: Reading the Many Tales of Goddess Tusu". Journal of the Department of English. 24. ISSN 0973-3671.
- "Tusu - A tribal Festival". YouTube. Ministry of tribal affairs, Govt of India.