Happy Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan is a fastival that celebrates the bond of
love between brothers and sister. It is the main festival of
hindu.This year the day will be celebrated on 26th
August.On this day, sisters tie rakhi on the wrist of their
brother and pray for there good health. After that,
brothers give gift to their sisters which makes festival
more exciting. It is celebrated in the month of shrawan.
On this day, sisters of all ages tie a cotton bracelet or amulet, called the rakhi. Of special significance to married women, Raksha Bandhan is rooted in the practice of territorial exogamy, in which a bride marriesout of her natal village or town, and her parents, by custom, do not visit her in her married home. In rural north India, where territorial exogamy is strongly prevalent, large numbers of married Hindu women travel back to their parents' homes every year for the ceremony. Their brothers, who typically live with the parents or nearby, sometimes travel to their sisters' married home to escort them back. Many younger married women arrive a few weeks earlier at their natal homes and stay until the ceremony. The brothers serve as lifelong intermediaries between their sisters' married- and parental homes, as well as potential stewards of their security.
Among women and men who are not blood relatives, there is also a transformed tradition of voluntary kin relations, achieved through the tying of rakhi amulets, which have cut across caste and class lines, and Hindu and Muslim divisions. In some communities or contexts, other figures, such as a matriarch, or a person in authority, can be included in the ceremony in ritual acknowledgement of their benefaction.
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