Bhagoria Festival
celebrated by Bheel tribal people at Jhabua and Alirajpur districts a
week prior to Holi has been the amalgamation of modern elements and
traditional landscape. Bhagoria festival is one of festival during which
young boys and girls are allowed to elope after choosing their partners
for marriage. Bhagoria Haat Festival is organized in the district of
West Nimar(Khargon) and Jhabua. The haat is organized in the form of a
'swayamvar' or a marriage market where young girls and boys are allowed
to choose their partners.
In
our endevour to provide the true flavour of the colorful and vibrant
land of border of Madhya Pradesh / Rajasthan/ Gujarat, Bhagoria
festival, is a unique festival which speaks of the multicultural base of
modern India. The Bhagoria Haat in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh reminds us of
the age old colorful traditions of the tribal, since this festival
originated with the Bhil tribal of Madhya Pradesh. The fun filled nature
of the festival is representative of the rich cultural heritage that
India represents. The concept of the festival originates in the process
of elopement seen from its nomenclature, of “bhaag”, which literally
means “run” in Hindi. It is also something like the idea of
“Swayambhara” where young partners elope, and are later sanctioned by
the society predetermined by their customs. Usually the couple may have
met before the fair several times, and hence the idea of eloping is
rather a formalized process, more stylistic than real, and conforming to
the laws of their traditional rules and regulations. Bhagoria Festival
is celebrated in the month Phalguna(February-March).The festival falls
before Holi, another major Indian festival, and is also associated with
agricultural harvest and fertility.
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