Hesang Jatara

This Jatara is celebrated in the big villages under the pargana at the time of change in weather. There are two-four-five villages within any pargana, which are large and also have temples of gods in these villages. Such villages are called Raud villages. This Jatra is held for only one day. For this, a brief meeting of the people of the village under Raud is decided and everyone is informed on which day the Jatra is to be organized. The people who believe in the gods coming under Raud Devta bring chicken, egg, red, betel nut, coconut etc. for sacrifice. Other people also come from the villages. On this day, the soil of Raud asks everyone to cut the earring of paddy at the time of Charu and bring it which is hanging in the Saja tree. They bring the paddy puda and give it to the soil Ganyata, which he sets in the ground with a line and tests whether it is suitable for paddy seed or not. If the chick chews the rice, it is believed that paddy is suitable for seed. After this, after mixing all the paddy, the soil ganyata worships them, sacrifices the chicken and the egg. He drips a few drops of blood in the paddy and throws away the chicken and egg in the name of Ravdev Baba, Kaina, Kaudo. He distributes the worshipped paddy among all the farmers present there, which the farmer takes and keeps it tied in the Mongri Pati (main mayar) of his house and gives it to the soil Ganeta in Jagrani at the time of Mati Tihar. Here the soil performs the time to sow the Gayeta seeds.

After this, all gather in the village Dev Gudi (temple. Mati Ganyata worships the gods along with his deity. Offers sacrifices in their honor. At the same time, the boys of the village come to the courtyard of the temple beating drums. All the women present dance with each other singing the song of worship (penpata) of their deity. At this time, the heads of all the deities present there come riding the deity and they all go in front of the traditional instruments Nangara, Truduri, Dhapra Nisan, Mahri playing in the temple courtyard and start playing in their tunes. It is necessary to mention here that all the gods have their favorite tune which the skilled player knows and plays the deity by playing that tune as soon as he comes in front of the deity. After playing for a while, these gods join the women in their dance. This sequence goes on. Sometimes Dev plays in front of a traditional instrument and sometimes with the dancing women with great enthusiasm in the Dev courtyard. The purpose of such an event is also that their gods play with enthusiasm in such a way that there is happiness and prosperity in the village throughout the year. After this, a respectful farewell is given to the deities by offering them.