mani-w- /
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14.
 i-ni
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ra a-ni
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celebrate-pres.
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we-of
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king-of
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bi-hig
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a-m -tay
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khay-lay-/
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pron.pre.-wife
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that-pron..pre-god
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that-pron..pre-god
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15.
a
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m-tay-l
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ยต
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that
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pron.pre.-god-emph
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we
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ma-ri-w-/
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16.
khari-phua-ni
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should
give pres.
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kharci-pooja-of
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pnr-din
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ul-khay
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fifteen-day
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afterwards
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kr-phua
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phay-/
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17.
a-khay
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ker-pooja
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come-pres.
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That-after
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kami-thapiN-g-y
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kr-phua
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khay-/
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village-restrict-past
p.
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ker-pooja
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do-pres.
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| 13.
Our poojas |
| 1.
We do Goriya pooja1 seven days in the month of Vaishakh (April-May)
till the day of Chena2 (When Goriya is immersed). 2. If any
person is sick during this period he cannot hold the pooja. |
| 1.
Goriya pooja is a major festival of Tripuris. Like other major
festivals, it is a community celebration. |
| 2.
Chena is the seventh day of Goriya pooja when the images of
gods are thrown into water. |
| 3.
Those who live on farming build an altar; 4. install Burasa,3
5 and worship chomtirok.4 6. We should install many other gods.
Then we offer bala at the huk.5 8. After offering bala.
We eat food. 9. We should worship all the gods. 10. Then we should
worship may-luma6 Mahadep, Paluma,7 Nishukali, Bhadrakali,8
Chomtirok
and all the other gods that we Tripuris worship. Those we are
rich, offer Mamita pooja9 and offer feast to all. 11. We should
eat together as we do for Goriya pooja.12. Kharchi pooja10
is celebrated during the month of Ashadh (May-June). 13. This
is the time when we worship our fourteen gods. 14. Our King’s
wife performs this |
| 3
.Burasa
is an evil spirit. |
| 4.
Chomtirok
is an evil spirit which is worshipped in the evenings. |
| 5.
Huk literally means ‘jhum’ in Bengali or shifting
cultivation. |
| 6
.May-luma
is the goddess of rice, Lakshmi. |
| 7
.Paluma is the goddess of wealth. |
| 8.
Nishukali and Bhadrakali are the forms of the goddesses
of protection. |
9
.Mamita pooja is a harvest festival of Tripuris. Different
kinds of dishes and beer made of mani
which is a kind of red rice, are offered to the gods in the cups
of bananaa leaves. |
10.
Kharchi pooja is another major festival of the Tripuris. It
is also a community celebration. The fourteen
gods that are worshipped are said to be: 1. Hara (Shiva)
2. LimA#
(Parvati)
3. Hari 4. MA#
(Kali) 5. BA#ni (Saraswati) 6. KumA#ra (Kartikeya) 7. Garapati 8.
Bidhu (moon) 9. kA# (Brahma) 10. Abadhi (sea) 11. Ganga 12. Sekhi
(fire) 13. KA#ma 14. HimA#dri.
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