India: "Bhadu" festival celebration in Purulia

Swattik Jana

Recently Bhadu festival has been celebrated by most of the "Adibasi"  from Purulia, Bankura and Burdwan. According to mythology, the name Bhadu was given to the third princess of King Nilmani Singha, Bhadrabati. Her father "Nilmani Singha" began the folk song "Bhadu" as a result of her sacrifice for her intended marriage. Young and middle-aged women are participating in this festival, and many of them are shouting Bhadu songs. Additionally, a "jagaran" procedure took place on the fifth Bengali month's final day. On surrounding revers or nearby minor water bodies, the emersion process has been performed. In Purulia several Adibasi villages make emersion on Konsabati river.