The distortion of tribal festival: Tihar (Bhai Tikka)
The tihar festival came into vogue to commemorate the good name of
the Mongol king, Balihang. The king Balihang was sick. When he became
seriously ill, all his subjects were very sad. Seeing the gloomy
faces of his subjects the king told them to pray to almighty if they
wanted his recovery. All the subjects prayed to the almighty for their
king's recovery. Fortunately, the king became well. So they all lit
lamps making the dark night bright and took parts in the rejoicing.
The king Balihang sent the youth through out his kingdom to spread
the good news of his recovery. As there was no modern medium of
communication, the youth went house to house singing, dancing and
spreading the news. Thus a tradition of Bhaileni and Deosee-ray was
commemorated every year. Even today they say, " we did not come on
our own, on the command of the king Balihang, we have come here".
When the youth returned to their own homes, they celebrated and rejoicing
the sisters gave tika to their brothers. After that night (new moon)
the Mongol, Naywars celebrate their New Year. But the Hindu Bajuns and
Chherti because of having political power in their hand conspired to
introduced Laxmi Puja on the same night…………………..They forced the Dasai
festival on us and forced our people to make merriment over the death
of our ancestral non-Aryal heroes. So we have to wake up, taking our
fate and fortune into our own hands. We have to understand that
political power plays a vital role in making misfortunes for us and for
our coming generations