Jhijia | This dance art | When is it danced

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 Jhijiya

Introduction

Jhijhiya is a cultural dance of the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. Jhijhiya is mostly performed at the time of Dussehra in dedication to Durga Bhairavi, the goddess of victory. While performing Jhijhiya women keep a lantern made of clay on their heads and balance it while dancing.

 

Reason to dance

Just as you all know that there is a reason for doing something, similarly there is a particular reason for taking this decision, only then it is in the form of traditional dance of Mithila. It is believed that this dance is performed to destroy all the evil that can happen and to destroy all the evil spirits in all the human beings. As may be related like witch jogan so these dangerous whatever they can do and who in our society come to annihilation by the forces of wrong and all these are like this. The dance has been done.

 

When is this dance performed

This dance is performed during Durga Puja. This dance is performed from Ashwin Shukla Paksha Pariwa (1st day of durga pujaa) to Ashwin Shukla Paksha Navami (9th day of durga pujaa), especially from Ashwin Shukla Paksha Saptami (7th day of durga pujaa) to Navami.

 

By whom and where is this dance performed

This dance is performed by a woman coming from the Dalit community of Mithila. This dance is performed in front of every person's house in a particular area like village toll society. Or else it is also done in the temple. Well this temple practice has started recently because now it has come to a state of extinction.

 

How is this dance Performed

First of all, an earthen pot is made in which hundreds of holes are done. It is made during Navratri and uses an earthen lamp or a lantern lit with kerosene or mustard oil. Such a earthen pot and a lantern are made according to the need and it is tied with some mantra. And keeping it on her head and all the women dance and control that earthen pot i.e. maintains balance. And in front of whose house I do this dance, she gives them a small amount of money or mustard oil or kerosene or something.

 

It also has some recognition

It is a belief that if she dances here with us, the same energy that is entering our house will be destroyed. If a woman's bag becomes unbalanced while dancing, she is declared a witch, that is, she is doing something bad with the evil power.

 

What type of song is sung in it

The song that is sung in it, that destroys the evil power, remains in it. In this, the witch joggin is abused a lot and the anger inside is removed through the lyrics of those songs which are part of the witch copy. The witch's husband, son-in-law and other relatives are abused.

As we show you some lyrics:

tohare bharose baraham baaba jhijhiya baneleeyay ho ho

baraham baaba jhijhiya baneleeyay ho

baraham baaba jhijhiya par hoeeyo

aa sabaar abodhava baalak tohar kichheeyo ne jaanay chh ho

tohare bharose baraham baaba jurava baneleeyay ho ho

It is also a belief that every power becomes strong in Navratri, so the witch who is a witch or a bad power tries to take full advantage of it, try to make it more successful.

 

Some challenges in doing this dance

This dance is now disappearing. This dance is being performed by the people of the Depressed Classes. They believe that we can no longer abuse. Many people who come from the Dalit community have started getting educated. They believe that if we teach this to our children, it will affect their education. Many people also have to say that now we should replace it with Dandiya Garba because in Bollywood and TV serials like Dandiya Garba is considered a dance of high quality, then those people are getting the feeling that if we do Jhijiya then we And people will laugh and joke. And a lot of negativity has been spread about Jhijhiya which has brought it to the brink of being a people.

 

Conclusion

Finally, I would like to say that it is the responsibility of the people of Mithila to save it from disappearing. Its propaganda is also to be avoided because if you replace it with dandiya garba or anything else, it will rule over you because great people have been saying "if you want to destroy someone, destroy his culture." Do it, it will be destroyed on its own." May be Mughal or Britain tried to rule the whole world by doing all this