TEEJ SONG (TEEJ GEET)

In Nepal there is a special festival for the women. It is called TEEJ Festival. It lies around at the end of the rainy season (around end of the August). In this festival married women invited in her father's home (The house which she born). Then she  is treated as a guest there. Special dishes prepare for her. Basically cord, ghee, milk are added in huge scale in the prepared dish. The dish is known as "DAR" in Nepali community. In other aspect this is known as a festival of worship of god too. Women pray to god for betterment of her husband. Similarly an unmarried person worship god for good husband. In this festival women sing a kind of song that is called "TEEJ SONG". Basically this kind of song is sang in group and dance also performed in group.

Performing Dance

ASARE GEET (ASARESONG)

Rice Planting

"ASHAR" (15june-15july) is the name of month of Nepali Calendar which is based in Bikram Sambat (B.S.). In this month in Nepal the monsoon is tarts. Due to heavy rainfall in this season the farmer get lots of water  which is very important to plant rice. Then people starts to plant rice in the field in this time a kind of song sing in the field by the farmers. That is called "ASHARE SONG". In Nepal this season treated as a festival then people celebrated it in the field (which is rice planting spot). They spry each other by mud and get full entertainment. During celebration participates sing "ASHARE SONG" and perform dance also.

Preparing field to rice plantation