Jhabua and Alirajpur districts of Madhya Pradesh give the state a special place in the world map in the area of culture. With the knock of summer season, the popular festival of tribals with a gusts of the winds with the fragrance of mango blossom begins seven days before the burning festival of Holika Holika. The markets that are set up in tribal areas seven days before the festival, they are called the festival in the tribal region or Sarodia Haat.
Bhagoria festival is an important festival of tribals. Therefore, in order to celebrate this festival in the weekly haat before the commencement of Bhagoria Haat, the tribals of the region shop for drums, mandals, flutes, clothes, jewelry and other essential items. They buy furnishings. That is why they are called festival.
What is Bhogarya or Bhagoria festival?
Some people also call it traditional love festival. Tribal young men and women like each other in the Haat markets. They gulal each other in the market. The young man first puts the girl gulal, if the young man likes the young man, then she makes her gulal. If the young woman does not like the young woman, then she wipes Gulal. Both run away with each other on consent. The villagers talk to both the families to tie the love affair in Bhagoria Haat in the marriage formula and the marriage is done after Holika Dahan is done.
In Bhagoria Haat-Bazars, young men and women come to find their future spouse very much.
Youth- women do this work
In Bhagoria Haat, shops of adornments, jewels etc. including Jhule Chakri, Paan, Mithai, etc. are set up, where young men and women are seen giving gifts like valentine to their lover. Nowadays, the incidents carrying away from Bhagoria Haat are very rare. Because with the spread of education, after the impression of urban civilization, there is a lot of change in this festival of tribals.
History of Bhagoria festival
When and why Bhagoria started. People do not agree about this. According to some books written on Bhagoria, the haats used during the time of Bhagoria Raja Bhoj were called. At this time, two Bhil kings Kasumar and Baloon started organizing huge fairs and haats in their capital Bhagor. Gradually, the Bhil kings nearby also started following them, which started calling the haats and fairs as Bhagoria. On the other hand, some people believe that in these fairs, young men and women run away and marry on their own, so it is called Bhagoria.
A tent village is made in Sondwa village of Alirajpur district by Tourism Development Corporation for foreign tourists coming to Bhagoria fair.History of Bhagoria festival
When and why Bhagoria started. People do not agree about this. According to some books written on Bhagoria, the haats used during the time of Bhagoria Raja Bhoj were called. At this time, two Bhil kings Kasumar and Baloon started organizing huge fairs and haats in their capital Bhagor. Gradually, the Bhil kings nearby also started following them, which started calling the haats and fairs as Bhagoria. On the other hand, some people believe that in these fairs, young men and women run away and marry on their own, so it is called Bhagoria.
A tent village is made in Sondwa village of Alirajpur district by Tourism Development Corporation for foreign tourists coming to Bhagoria fair.
