Friday, August 17, 2012

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