Bijhu Festival
Visu or Bijhu is the most significant and holy festival in the religious point of view and it is stared in the last day of Chaitra, continues for 3 days. It has been found that no body of the Chakma community works for their bread on the occasion if Bijhu festival. An important ritual called ‘Phool Bijhu’ starts one day earlier than the (Mul Bijhu). The last day of the festival is called ‘Gecha-Pacha’. The Chakmas collect the vegetables, leaves of trees and roots from the forest in the sacred day of Phool Bijhu. Next day they rise early in the morning and after having bath from the river both the boys and girls come to the house to release the household domestic animals from captivity and necessary foods are offered to the animals. The virtuous people gather round the temple and start to chant the name of Lord Buddha. Afterwords, these people enter the temple and pay due to offering to Lord Buddha. “Gach-Pacha” is celebrated on the third day. The fowls and pigs are killed for the feast in which the friends and relations take part. The song and dances of the Chakmas are essential accompaniments of the festival, which continues for a week now a day.
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