celebration of "Sama-Chakeba"

Celebration:

Since, Chhat parna or saptami  of kartik shukla , Maithil sisters start to  make the clay idols of Sama  Chakeba,  the villain  Chugila and Vridavan  .In the evening, they regularly  meet on the streets to sing ,dance  and  enjoy the festivity. The sisters recite the poems ( popularly called ‘Phakara’)in the memory of  Sama,Chakeba and the brothers love and pray for their long life and prosperities. It is said,  that on the  day  Ekadashi  itself, the  vidai of Sama is fixed & scheduled to Kartik Purnima. Hence ,devotthan ekadashi onward,  sisters start the decoration ,colouring and putting  all the cloths made  for all the characters ;Sama, Chakeba and Chugila  similar to  their    thoughtful  resemblance. ..By kartik purnima, they complete their preparation of  ‘Vidai’ with all the symbolic  household materials as gifts.  On the Kartik Purnima, sisters  start the vidai  with singing ,dancing along the way to nearby  cultivated land (jutalaha khet) taking  all the decorated idols in Basket (dali). The  brothers  give the company and enhance the joyous aura to the function up to farm/khet.  Brothers split the idols putting on their knees and is immersed/hidden  in  to the cultivated soil ie.Bhasauin  . The sisters give sweets to their brothers and pray for their brother's long life .This has a bit ‘ Sarokar ‘to you and to us.  Happy  Sama-Chakeba.   Jai Maithili , Jai Mithila.

Relevance of "SAMA-CHAKEBA"

The mythological aspect :-

 Sama-chakeba is originated to some excerpts of ancient ‘Padma Puran’.There is some  reference   about the love  and sacrifice  of Samb, the son  of Lord shri Krishna for his sister named Sambwati.  It is mentioned that a villain like character named chudak (known as ‘Chugila’  in Mithila)  always intimated  untrue story of each and every movements  in kingdom to Lord Krishna. Once, he tweeted to Krishna  that  Sambwati  was perhaps  making   love  with Rhishi while going  on the way to Vrindavan .  Being angered, Krishna  had  given   Shraap(bad curse ) to his daughter and  Rhishi  to embody the life of a love bird ‘MAINA’. And it happened instantly. Knowing this, the husband of  Sambwati , named  Chakrawak (  called as ‘Chakeba’ in Mithila ) passionately self  embodied   the life of ‘Maina’ in  deep sorrow to have the company of his beloved wife. This incident shocked  Samb ,the brother of Sambwati .He immediately sat on Tapasya  or on wish dream puja unto the reversal of Shraap/ Curse . Seeing samb’s love and sacrifice  for his sister, Lord Krishna , became happier and gave blessings and reversed  the Shraap  for the happiness of  the family .Thus , the immortal love and sacrifice of Brother for the sister is being celebrated as Folk festival  ‘Sama –Chakeba’ by the Maithil sisters  for their brothers’   long life   and happiness  in all over  Mithila .