HOLI THE FESTIVAL OF COLOUR

āĻšোāϞী ā§°āϙ⧰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą


Riddhi, beli and Arki are talking about their coming holidays for Holi. I am going to Shillong, Riddhi says. How nice but I will stay here at home. I like the Holi festival very much .I like to  enjoy this festival of colour with my friends .In  our neighbourhood we celebrate Holi together. IT s really great fun Ariktalks about her plan. What about you Beli? Riddhi asks.

ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧি, āĻŦেāϞি āφ⧰ু āφ⧰্āĻ•ীāϝ়ে āĻšোāϞীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āφāĻšিāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•ৈāφāĻ›ে। āĻŽāχ āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞāĻ™āϞৈ āĻ—ৈ āφāĻ›ো, ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āĻ•āϝ়। āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻ­াāϞ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŽāχ āχāϝ়াāϤ āϘ⧰āϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŽ। āĻŽāχ āĻšোāϞী āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāϟো āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ। āĻŽāχ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦā§°্āĻ—ā§° āϏৈāϤে ā§°āϙ⧰ āĻāχ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāϟো āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ। āφāĻŽাā§° āϚুāĻŦুā§°ীāϝ়া āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞāϤ āφāĻŽি āĻāĻ•েāϞāĻ—ে āĻšোāϞী āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰োঁ। āĻ…ā§°িāĻ•ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļুāύি āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āφāύāύ্āĻĻ āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰ে। āĻŦেāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻ•āĻŦা? ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧীāϝ়ে āϏুāϧিāϞে।


Beli s face brightens up, you know, Holi is my favourite festival. Every year we go to Barpeta to celebrate Holi. Barpeta? But why do you go to Barpeta only? Holi is celebrated everywhere in India , isn’t it? Arki is curious to know yes, Arki. you are right. but it a special festival for the people of Barpeta. It is called Doul Utsav, Beli says

āĻŦেāϞিā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āωāϜ্āϜ্āĻŦāϞ āĻšৈ āωāĻ িāĻ›ে, āϤুāĻŽি āϜাāύ, āĻšোāϞী āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŦāϛ⧰ে āφāĻŽি āĻšোāϞী āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟাāϞৈ āϝাāĻ“ঁ। āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟা? āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟাāϞৈ āĻ•িāϝ় āϝাāϝ়? āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ াāχāϤে āĻšোāϞী āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়, āύāĻšāϝ় āύেāĻ•ি?। āφ⧰্āĻ•ি āϜাāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী।  āφāĻĒুāύি āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟাā§° āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāχāϟো āĻāϟা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą। āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻĻুāϞ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšāϝ়, āĻŦেāϞীāϝ়ে āĻ•āϞে। 


Riddhi, who is listening to their conversation, is eager to know more about the. please tell me about Doul Utsav, Beli , she says. Beli turns to Riddhi and says joyfully, Doul is celebrated for three to five days in Barpeta .

āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨোāĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āĻļুāύি āĻĨāĻ•া ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āϜাāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী। āĻ…āύুāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰ি āĻŽোāĻ• āĻĻুāϞ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻ“āĻ•, āĻŦেāϞি, āϤাāχ āĻ•āϝ়। āĻŦেāϞীāϝ়ে ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĢাāϞে āϘূā§°ি āφāύāύ্āĻĻেā§°ে āĻ•āϝ়, āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟাāϤ āϤিāύিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒাঁāϚ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻৌāϞ āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়।


It is different from the Holi celebrated in other parts of India. Doul Utsav of Barpeta is closely related to Kirtan Ghar. During this festival Manikut of the Kritan Ghar and some rituals are performed.

āĻāχāϟো āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āφāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϤ āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšোāϞীāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•। āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟাā§° āĻĻৌāϞ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą āĻ•ীā§°্āϤāύ āϘ⧰⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻ“āϤঃāĻĒ্ā§°োāϤāĻ­াā§ąে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•িāϤ। āĻāχ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻ•্ā§°িāϤাāύ āϘ⧰⧰ āĻŽāĻŖিāĻ•ুāϟ āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ ā§°ীāϤি-āύীāϤি āĻĒাāϞāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়।


Then thousands of people take them in procession with Gayan Bayan, oh really do you join the procession? Riddhi asks. Do you join the procession? Riddhi asks.

āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻšাāϜাā§° āĻšাāϜাā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻ—āϝ়াāύ āĻŦাāϝ়াāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻļোāĻ­াāϝাāϤ্ā§°াāϤ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়, āĻ“āĻš āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻļোāĻ­াāϝাāϤ্ā§°াāϤ āϝোāĻ—āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰ে āύেāĻ•ি? ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧীāϝ়ে āϏুāϧিāϞে। āφāĻĒুāύি āĻļোāĻ­াāϝাāϤ্ā§°াāϤ āϝোāĻ—āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰ে āύেāĻ•ি? ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϏুāϧিāĻ›ে।


Belireplies, yes, I always do During this Doul Utsav the air of Barpeta is filled with Holigeet. Bhawna is also performed at night. I have never seen a Bhawna,  Arki says Sadly.

āĻŦেāϞিā§°িāϝ়āύ্āϏ, āĻšāϝ়, āĻŽāχ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϕ⧰োঁ। āĻāχ āĻĻুāϞ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟাā§° āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻšāϞিāĻ—ীāϤেā§°ে āĻ­ā§°ি āĻĒā§°ে। āĻ­াāĻ“āύাāĻ“ ā§°াāϤি āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়। āĻŽāχ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ­াāĻ“āύা āĻĻেāĻ–া āύাāχ, āφ⧰্āĻ•ীāϝ়ে āĻĻুāĻ–ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•āϝ়।


Riddhi asks again, But Beli, don’t you play with phaku during Holi? We do hire. The last day of Doul is called Suweri . It is the day of colour. Everyone showers Phaku with joy and sings Holi Geet , Beli replies.

ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āφāĻ•ৌ āϏুāϧিāϞে, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦেāϞি, āφāĻĒুāύি āĻšোāϞীā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĢাāĻ•ুā§° āϏৈāϤে āύাāĻ–েāϞে āύেāĻ•ি? āφāĻŽি āĻ­াāĻĄ়া āϞāĻ“ঁ। āĻĻৌāϞ⧰ āĻ…āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻĻিāύāϟোāĻ• āϚুā§ąেā§°ী āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšāϝ়। āĻāχāϟো ā§°āϙ⧰ āĻĻিāύ। āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āĻĢাāĻ•ুāĻ• āφāύāύ্āĻĻেā§°ে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āφ⧰ু āĻšোāϞী āĻ—ীāϤ āĻ—াāϝ়, āĻŦেāϞীāϝ়ে āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে।


                “,Oh,  would love to go to Barpeta in this Doula Utsav. I will tell my parents today to take me there,” Riddhi says. Beli is very excited. She says, “oh It will be very nice. We can enjoy together, Riddhi,”

", āĻ“āĻš, āĻāχ āĻĻৌāϞাāĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāϟাāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻŦ। āĻŽāχ āφāϜি āĻŽোā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āĻŽোāĻ• āϤাāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•āĻŽ," ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āĻ•āϝ়। āĻŦেāϞি āĻ…āϤি āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ। āϤাāχ āĻ•āϝ়, "āĻ“āĻš, āĻāχāϟো āĻŦā§° āĻ­াāϞ āĻš'āĻŦ। āφāĻŽি āĻāĻ•েāϞāĻ—ে āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ, ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧি,"









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