Essay On DASHERA FESTIVAL
Introduction
The Raksha Bandhan is the festival of the Brah mins chiefly and Dashera is the festival of the Kshattriyas. But all Hindus observe these festivals with great joy.
Time and Origin
Dashera comes in the month of Kuar. It is said that in olden days, the kings and rulers marched out of their kingdoms to conquer new areas on this very day after the rainy season. It is also said that the Goddess Durga killed the demon on this day. Hence this festival is observed on this day in Her honour. It is also said that Rama killed Ravana on this day. Thus we see that the festival has different meanings for the differ ent people.
How celebrated ?
People think that any work begun on this day will bring good luck. The Kshattriyas take out their swords or guns. They clean and worship them on this day. In the evening, people go to visit friends and relations at their houses. Betels are freely offered to visitors on this day.
The girls also observe this festival in a special way. They sow barley seeds in open pots full of earth or in some corner of the courtyard of the house a few days before this festival. The seeds grow into plants six inches high by this day. The girls pick them up and put a few of them over the ears of their brothers. In return, they get small gifts of money from their brothers.
The shop-keepers decorate their shops. The sweet-sellers’s shops are full of new sweets on this day. They have good sale on this day. The toy sellers also have good business on this day. The poorest man buys some sweets and toys his children. The merchants and traders worship their Bahis and open fresh account on this day.
Ram Lila
The most important and interesting thing about this festival is Ram Lila. At many places Ram Lila is staged for a number of days. The life-story of Ram is shown from the beginning to the end. There are Ram Lila dramatic companies that do the drama for some payments. Everyday in the evening Jhankis are taken out. Death of Ravana is celebrated on this day. They Inake a huge Ravana of paper on a bamboo frame. This Ravana fights with Rama and Laxman. He is killed and burnt. To see this scene, people of the town come in large numbers and there is a great joy everywhere.
Conclusion
The children are very happy. They see the Ram Lila with great interest for ten days. The story of Rama teaches them many good things.
Vocabulary
Conquer- to vanquish, Demon- devil, Barley- a cereal, Sale- disposal of stock, Is staged- is played on the stage, खेली जाती है। Huge- very big, विशाल Bamboo- a tall plant with hollow stems, Observe- celebrate.
IMPORTANT LINK
- आदर्श इतिहास शिक्षक के गुण एंव समाज में भूमिका
- विभिन्न स्तरों पर इतिहास शिक्षण के उद्देश्य प्राथमिक, माध्यमिक तथा उच्चतर माध्यमिक स्तर
- इतिहास शिक्षण के उद्देश्य | माध्यमिक स्तर पर इतिहास शिक्षण के उद्देश्य | इतिहास शिक्षण के व्यवहारात्मक लाभ
- इतिहास शिक्षण में सहसम्बन्ध का क्या अर्थ है ? आप इतिहास शिक्षण का सह-सम्बन्ध अन्य विषयों से किस प्रकार स्थापित करेंगे ?
- इतिहास क्या है ? इतिहास की प्रकृति एवं क्षेत्र
- राष्ट्रीय उच्चतर शिक्षा अभियान के विषय में आप क्या जानते हैं ?
- शिक्षा के वैकल्पिक प्रयोग के सन्दर्भ में एस० एन० डी० टी० की भूमिका
- राष्ट्रीय पाठ्यचर्या की रूपरेखा (एन.सी.एफ.-2005) [National Curriculum Framework (NCF-2005) ]
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