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बड़का मंगर / बड़ा मंगल

Tuesdays (मंगर in Awadhi) falling in the month of Jyestha (जेठ या ज्येष्ठ ) are celebrated as बड़का मंगर

This is similar to how we do Saawan somvaar on Mondays in Shravan.

Devotees of Ramdoot Bajrangbali Hanuman fast (optional) each Tuesday and visit a Hanuman temple. The folktales speak of Shri Ram and Lakshman meeting Hanuman and Sugreev in the month of Jyestha.

|| जय सिया राम ||

|| जय हनुमान ||

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चैती गीत

Let's talk about Chaiti (चैती)

It is a folk song genre sung in Awadhi and Bhojpuri in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Nepal and neighbouring areas.

Chaiti is specifically sung during the month of चैत्र—or as we call it in Awadhi, चैत—where it gets its name from. The most important aspect of a chaiti for me is the usage of रामा. I have never heard of a chaiti without it.

There are devotional songs—especially sung during राम नवमी and चैत्र नवरात्र. There are songs about the season itself—the koel’s call, the flowers that blossom in spring, and mango trees, the changing weather. And then there are the songs of yearning (बिरहा), sung by a बिरहन, a woman in longing. Why? Because spring is here, but the one she wants to experience it with is not.

Like this one here by the brilliant Girija Devi ji -

Why would an Asuri attack Swarga if an Asuri already rules it as Devrani? (Asuris are girl's girls)

Shachi is an asuri. She is called Poulomi after her father Asur king Pouloman

So

Ik we shouldn't always make the Ashurs villain (cuz all of them are not the villains and I'll yell this till the end)

But why we never have any Asuri being a villain??? (Other than Mahishi ofc)

Why no Ashuri wants to conquer the universe or swarga or have some beef with Indra or any of the Gods

Why non of them are asking for any vardaan from either Brahma or Shiva

I feel like then Parvati/Vishnu will have to find even more complicated ways to defeat them 🗿

THAT'S WHAT IM SAYINGGGGGGGG

This is why Mahishi my beloved

I mean hey I support women's rights but also women's wrongs yanno

Mahishi is so cool hsjskskd also im glad she doesn't get any of those Ovidish Medusa treatment in our mythology

She's a straight up beast and she knows it 💅

We need more evil Asuris frrr

This is what their religion teaches them? War, looting and slavery. I mean, what was I expecting anyway.

= "Indian girls aren't even pretty, at least we should've been at war with some better (better looking girls) country."

They're never beating the allegations that they've fantasies of taking our girls as their war booty (maal-e-ghanimat). Also, note the racist undertones.

Oh not this again.

You know that Hanuman in Hanuman chalisa has been called "kapi" which means monkey.

Plus how do you explain Hanuman using his tail to burn Lanka? How do you explain Makardhwaj, half-monkey half-crocodile son of Hanuman?

And okay lets assume vanar were humans, then explain Jatayu? Was he a bird or was he human too?

But ofcourse go ahead and question it.

Imagine a Ramayan adaptation where the Vanars are not monkeys...

How'd the public react lol

I saw a post by one of my mutuals talking about dhoti. But I can't find it now. I just wanted to reblog it to say that I've heard many relatives and even my mother call a saree dhoti while talking in awadhi.

Which reminds me of this one very wholesome moment with my (now late) grandmother.

I was 5years old. And like every other summer vacation, we were visiting our grandparents in uttar pradesh. My parents had bought a really simple beautiful saree for my dadi. And the second day of us being there, my parents and I were sitting with my dadi and my parents told her that I had chosen and bought a saree for her (which was a lie but idk why my parents do that to involve me like all the time to show that I do think about all this). And my dadi got so happy saying "अरे हमार भैया हमरे खातिर धोती लाये अहेन? कहाँ बा?" So my mother sent me to go get it, because "i had picked it". But I replied to my mother "but hum toh dhoti laaye hi nahi hai. hum toh saree leke aaye hai dadi ke liye. dadi ko dhoti kyu chahiye? dadi dhoti pehente ha?". My mother replied didn't explain this to me. She just laughed and went with me to bring the saree and we gave it to daadi.