Volume-XI, Issue-VI, November 2025 |
বাংলার প্রথাসিদ্ধ সংস্কার: চড়ক-গোষ্ট পল্লবী সরদার, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, সিকম স্কীলস্ ইউনিভার্সিটি, শান্তিনিকেতন, বোলপুর, বীরভুম, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত ড. অনাথবন্ধু চ্যাটার্জী, বিভাগীয় প্রধান, বাংলা বিভাগ, সিকম স্কীলস ইউনিভার্সিটি, শান্তিনিকেতন, বীরভুম, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Received: 06.11.2025 | Accepted: 12.11.2025 | Published Online: 30.11.2025 | Page No: 22-30 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.11.issue.06W.152 | |||||||
Traditional Rituals of Bengal: Charak-Gostho Pallavi Sardar, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, Seacom Skills University, Shantiniketan, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal, India Dr. Anathbandhu Chatterjee, HoD, Department of Bengali, Seacom Skills University, Shantiniketan, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
There are various primitive reforms and contemporary socio-economic reasons behind the celebration of various folk festivals cherished by mythological traditions. Most of the inhabited rural areas of Bengal are agricultural regions. Since the month of Chaitra is the end of the year, Bengali farming family’s hand over the lion's share of their annual harvest or crops to the king, moneylender or landlord. After completing all the debts/financial transactions and settlements of the entire year, at the beginning of the month of Baishakh, poor farmers or people of the lower classes participate in this Charak Gajan festival with the dream of leaving behind the experiences gained in the previous year and living in a healthy, beautiful and safe way in the future. In our Bengali society, or any community, at the beginning of any auspicious or inauspicious event, puja-paath, homa-yogni etc. are performed. In fact, this rule was created by our great-grandfathers, if we want to complete any work, we have to please the supernatural being out of loyalty to him and through the appeasement of that power, all our worldly tasks will be accomplished, it has been believed for ages. Similarly, this Charak Goshta festival is also celebrated year after year. Just as there is a primitive socio-economic context behind this festival; similarly, various myths of remote rural areas are associated with this festival. Various stories of the king of the Antyajas are circulated among the people. In this social festival, it can be observed that the so-called lower caste or Antyaja class people are predominant. Which is an unimaginable scene in our flood-ridden society. Upper caste people are not seen at all observing customs like jumping on thorns, eating ghurnipak on the Charak tree, and making banforda. It is clear that the caste system does not wait to understand such events that are carried out in conjunction with the internal conflicts of the society. The truth is that the lower castes should observe whatever customs are risky; the upper castes should be safe! What is the harm if one day they have to bow down to the lower castes for that? Rather, they (the lower castes) will be satisfied with this small obedience. This society has always moved forward based on the idea of self-interest. | ||
Keywords: Awakening the tree, Chaitra Sankranti, Del Sannyasi, Patphul, Spirit worship, Class conflict. |