Four Chand - New Year at the Sindh . According to the Indian calendar , the Cheti Chand is celebrated on the second day of Chaitra (that is, the Cheti Chand is celebrated on the day after Ugadi and Gudi-padwa ).
| Couple chand | |
|---|---|
 Holiday Poster in Pune | |
| Is celebrated | on day 2 of chaitra |
| Celebration | 1 day |
The Sindhi celebrate the Four Chand in honor of the birth of Jhulelal , the Ishtadev Sindhi. This day is considered extremely favorable and is celebrated with pomp and fun. On this day, people worship water - the elixir of life, since Jhulelal is the god of water.
Congratulations on Chet Chand - “Cheti Chand jyon Lakh Lakh Lakh Wadayun Athav”; the answer should be “Twah khe bhi Cheti Chand jyon Lakh Lakh Lakh Wadayun Athav”.
Before the holiday, believers observe [1] Chaliho Sahab - they don’t shave for 40 days, do not use soap and oil, do not change clothes (although they can wash the clothes they wear) [2] . The celebration itself begins in the temple, and then flows into the festival with folk songs and dances, one of the goals of which is to rally the community [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Prakr̥ti: Primal elements, the oral tradition. Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts . - 1995. - 190 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Cheti Chand: New Year eve for the Sindhi Community (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 28, 2011. Archived March 15, 2012.
- ↑ Anita Raina Thapan. Sindhi diaspora in Manila, Hong Kong, and Jakarta . - Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2002 .-- P. 159. - 255 p. - ISBN 9789715504065 .
Links
- COMPLETE GATHA OF JHULELAL (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 28, 2011. Archived December 23, 2011.