Pupul Saad (Urad and Sem Jogana)

The tribal Muria society of Bastar celebrates Pupul Saad in every pargana in the month of November-December. This is a leisure time for him. He has stored the harvest grown by labour in the barn of his house. He collects forest produce for the fair-mandai held in the month of Magh and sells it and earns purchasing power. At such a time, the tribal Muria society celebrates Pupul Saad. "Pupul" means urad and "Saad" means Devotsav. This bull is in the name of Pupul (Urad), so how much importance this bull has in tribal society can be estimated. The tribal Muria community from Pupul i.e. urad makes it big in its festivals, which is called "Arinj" in Gondi. In these festivals, the Muria community serves dal and rice in the group feast. The dal made in it is urad. In this bull, beans are also joagani, it is called "Jatang" in Gondi. At this time, the seeds have arrived in the bean pods, which are on the verge of drying up, so this is the appropriate time to celebrate this weed.

A brief meeting of the pargana is held in the main village of the pargana to celebrate Pupul Saad. In this meeting, the day of celebrating the bull and the team for "adding pens" are decided. Pen joining means God is an invitation. In this, two or three groups of heterogeneous gotriya people of the pargana village are formed, who carry the flag symbolizing the deity and the todi (dundumbhi-like instrument) to each village under the pargana. Before reaching the village, they start playing the todi, so that the people of the village understand that God is an invitation. This is the second time that pen pairings are taken out to celebrate a festival. On the second day after the people of Pen Joding return to their village, the people of the village under the pargana gather at the gudi (temple) of the main deity of the pargana.

The deities under the main deity of the pargana are not brought to celebrate Pupul Saad. Only people related to the gods come with symbols of gods. This symbol is usually a todi (a dundumbhi-like instrument. On this day, the steward of each village brings the account of the donations due to his village. Along with this, eight to ten intelligent people of the village also come, and along with those people who have not settled the dispute in the village panchayat. Pupul Saad, in a way, is the general assembly of the pargana, in which the account of the entire village is presented and the decision is given on the dispute in the villages throughout the year. The Muria tribal society argues behind not bringing the gods in this saad that at the time of settlement of the dispute, an unpleasant situation arises and the situation reaches the point of assault. The tribal Muria society is a peace-loving society and has great reverence for its gods, does not want to perform such a fool in front of them, so on this day it does not bring its gods.

Adequate arrangements are made for everyone to sit in the Dev Sthala of the pargana. After everyone's arrival, the steward of each village hands over the amount of money and rice to the chief steward of the pargana by giving an account of the amount of donation and rice due to his village. He goes on arranging it. At this time, the soil of the pargana lights lamps in all the places of worship with his assistant. After lighting lamps in all places, he gives voice to all the Pargana residents and worships Manda Dev (main deity) in everyone's presence. All offer beans and urad brought by the people of the village to Manda Dev and cultivate them. He returns the remaining urad and beans to the villagers, which they bring to their village Jagarani, Ana Kudma, Nukang Adka and jogani them. Only then do they take it themselves. After the calculation of Urad, Sem ki Jogani and the donations of the entire village, the dispute of the villages coming under the pargana is settled.

Village disputes are usually related to gods or marriages between boys and girls. A dispute concerning the gods involves one deity encroaching on the domain of another god, deity on another person causing great distress to his family, or practising sorcery. Such disputes take place between two villages, so they cannot be settled in the villages. Then this dispute is brought to the chaupal of the pargana. Similarly, the boy beating the girl and throwing her out of the house, the girl coming and sitting in the maternal home on her own, or the dispute that establishes a concerted relationship before marriage is settled in the meeting of the pargana. In a dispute related to the gods, after asking both sides, their opinion is also taken from the people who ask the gods in the past. After this, a consensus decision is given. In the dispute between boys and girls, different opinions of both sides are taken. If any party refuses to live together after marriage, then he is asked to pay all the marriage expenses to the aggrieved party and they are given a decision to stay apart. For even gotriya relationship, the deity is matched, and other measures are taken. During this time, one party does not want such marriages to be justified, then both parties are given the decision to marry boys and girls separately. The decisions made in the pargana are final and valid. Anyone who opposes the decision is punished with death. After this, there is food and drink.