Fastivals

Fair And Festivals

The people in Boh love festivals and participate in all the local festivals and fairs with great enthusiasm. Most of the fairs and festivals are connected with the various seasonal changes. There are many folklores connected with the beginning of each festivals. Each place has its own sequence of annual fairs which are connected with the historical and sociological background of that area. 

 

Festivals have an important place in the lives of the people in Boh. On the festival day the farmers do not work in the fields and rich and poor alike celebrate these to the best of their financial abilities. If there has been a death in the family on the day of the festival, the festival is not celebrated by the other members, till a birth occurs around the same time. The tribal festivals have their own identity which is totally different from the festival celebration elsewhere. 

 
CHINJ MELA..... One of the most important fairs of Boh is Chinj fair, the fair of spring season or say Baisakhi. It falls on the first Baisakh every year. People of all age, throng in the fair area. Men, women, and children put on new clothes. Two men carry the village deity in a palanquin. The latter is preceded by the temple musicians called ‘Turi’ or ‘Dhaki’, dancing and beating drums, kettle-drums and blowing trumpets, followed by the priest and village folks.