Charak puja, rituale indù

ITA: L'ultimo giorno del calendario bengalese si celebra in tutto il Bangladesh come "Charak Puja", un carnevale in cui le persone organizzano sagre ed eseguono rituali, tra cui forme di piercing. I credenti della religione Indù, celebrano questo giorno per portare prosperità e per "eliminare" il dolore e le sofferenze dell'anno precedente. La festa, anche conosciuta come "Nil Puja" e si celebra in onore di "Lord Shiva" (una divinità indù). EN: The last day of the Bengali year was observed all over rural Bangladesh, a day known locally as Charak Puja, during which people arrange village fairs and perform rituals including forms of body piercing. A group of Hindu devotees perform the rituals of Charak Puja. It is a very enchanting folk festival of Southern Belt of Bangladesh and West Bengal. It is also known as "Nil Puja". The believers of Hindu religion celebrate this on the last day of the Bengali month of the year (Chaitra Songkranti). People believe that the festival will carry prosperity by eliminating the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year. The festival is actually a festival to satisfy "Lord Shiva", the great "Debadideb" of Hindu Religion.

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