oday after a long interval I am writing something as blog post of Mithilanchal. Though this should be the first blog post, but the post itself describes about the place, their people, their culture, their tradition, living conditions etc. There was a time when the people of Mithilanchal used to wear ‘kurta-dhoti’, but because of the development and urbanization, people are wearing modern cloths too. So, there is no surety of dress codes of people but the aged or elder people still wear traditional cloths. You might see people keeping cotton towels known as ‘gamchha’ or ‘gamchhi’ (on their shoulders) whatever, depends on locality and changes from place to place. Most of the Brahmins and specially priests wear these kinds of cloths. People give priority to fried vegetables in their food locally known as ‘bachka’ or ‘tarua’. There are also other stuffs which are famous among the food of Mithilanchal. Some of them are:- (1) Chuda-Dahi ( Beaten Rice- Curd) (2) Maanchh-Bhaat (Fish-Rice) (3) Badi-Bhaat (Besan k pakode-Chawal/Rice) Curd is the most favorite milk product for the people of Mithilanchal. Almost in all the reception it is distributed. Now the modern trend is suppressing it. Paan (Betel Leaf) is being given after the end of the reception party. Makhaan and Makhana (Singhaar) are also among the famous fruits (grown on the surface of water) of Mithilanchal. One thing which is controversial and is a part of discussion between the Maithils and people of other places is that almost every people of Mithilanchal eat fishes. Whether they are from Brahmin caste or not, unlike in other places Brahmin avoid eating fishes. I don’t know the logic or thought behind this but this shouldn’t be a matter of concern for me and for you too. We are only interested to know about Mithilanchal. “Aircanchan” (A large vegetable leaf looking likes betel leaf) is one of the favorite vegetable among the Maithils. We Maithils love the fried leaf (In Besan) of ‘tilkora’(A small vegetable leaf looking like betel leaf). There is a medical reason too for including ‘tilkora’ in our food items. It prevents children from excretion and from doing toilets while sleeping. There is a statement made by our ancestors regarding the receptions in Mithilanchal:- “aadi ghee ant dahi, tahi bhojan ke bhojan kahi” That means if in a reception in Mithilanchal, in starting ‘ghee’ is not given and at the end ‘curd’ (dahi) is not given, then that reception is not said to be a good reception. But now these things are disappearing. Rice is included everyday in meal. The name of some of the famous food items of Mithilanchal are:- (1) Adaudi (6) Ghorjaur (Rice made in Curd) (2) Oal (7) Kat-hal (Kat-har) (3) Kumhrauri (8) Murauri (4) Parwal (Parore) (9) Bidiya (Madeby Saag/Green Leaves) (5) Fried Potato/Brinjal/Ladyfinger (10)Murhi You need not to worry about the meaning of these things you just have to be aware of that. If I talk about the festivals, Mithilanchal is full of festivals. There are so many festivals in Mithilanchal, which you can see in calendar section. The most popular festivals are:- (1) Tusari (6) Sama-Chakeva (2) Madhushravani (7) Anant Chaturdashi (3) Naag-Panchami (8) Chauth-Chand (4) Saanjh Paawain (9) Jitiya (Othgan) (5) Kojagra (10) Harishaun The only and only language used is Maithili. Though People are speaking English, Hinglish :), Hindi too but Maithili language can be found in use in every school like other local language. The bad thing in our Mithilanchal is that people are more superstitious rather than rational and practical. We have to overcome that. People are more inclined towards the worshiping of God. There is almost equal ratio of Hindu and Muslim. A painting which is famous all around the world is ‘MadhubaniPainting’ or ‘Mithila Painting’ which shows the creativity of Maithil girls and women. Rajnagar, Janakpur (though in Nepal), Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur,Sitamadhi are the visiting places of Mithilanchal. We have to work on that part also. Paag and Shawl is given to honour people and scholars. I think I have written enough about Mithilanchal but this is not the end. I will write more things related to Mithilanchal in further Blog Posts. Categories: Information Post a Comment NameAlready a member? Sign InEmail Message
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:57:01 +0000
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