Sama is during the winter season that the birds from the Himalayas migrate towards the plains. With the advent of these colorful birds, celebration of
sama-chakeva is done. This is a festival especially well-known in mithila.
Mithilanchal dedicates this festival to the celebration of the brother sister relationship. Sama represents the tradition of this land as well as the art of making idols. Sama festival starts with the convivial of the pair of birds sama-chakeva. Girls make clay idols of a variety of birds and decorate them in their own fixed ways. Various rituals are performed and the festival happily ended with the 'vidai' of sama and with a wish that these flora and fauna return to this land the next year.
Sama is during the winter season that the birds from the Himalayas migrate towards the plains. With the advent of these colorful birds, celebration of
sama-chakeva is done. This is a festival especially well-known in mithila.
Mithilanchal dedicates this festival to the celebration of the brother sister relationship. Sama represents the tradition of this land as well as the art of making idols. Sama festival starts with the convivial of the pair of birds sama-chakeva. Girls make clay idols of a variety of birds and decorate them in their own fixed ways. Various rituals are performed and the festival happily ended with the 'vidai' of sama and with a wish that these flora and fauna return to this land the next year.
