Tusu Festival Explained

Tusu Festival is a folk festival held on the last day of the Hindu month of Paush, i.e., Makar Sankranti. It is mainly river centric.It is a unifying form of common faith and belief of the agrarian society in joy of harvesting crops.^[1] At the end of the festivities, the immersion of the image of Tusu is done vividly and with songs which have a melancholic ring. Rural fairs are also organised during the festival.^[2] The festival Tusu, is mostly celebrated in Southwest of West Bengal, Southeast of Jharkhand, Northeastern Odisha as well in the Tea-State of Assam.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Etymology

There are different theories about the origin of the word Tusu. Many believe that the word 'tusu' originates from rice bran, which is called Tush^[2]

See also

• Bhadu

External links

• Bhattacharji . Shreya . Kuiry . Hare Krishna . Death to Deification: Reading the Many Tales of Goddess Tusu . Journal of the Department of English . 24 . 0973-3671.
• Web site: Tusu - A tribal Festival . . Ministry of tribal affairs, Govt of India.

Notes and References

1. Kundu . Satabdi . Islam . Md. Mohidul . Nandi . Shyamal Kumar . Dec 2016 . Traditional Festivity of Tusu Puja: An Anthropological Appraisal . Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India . 65 . 2 . 333–340 . 10.1177/2277436x20160211 . 217935042 . 2277-436X . limited . SAGE journals.
2. Tusu_Festival. Anjalika Mukhopadhyay.
3. McDaniel . June . Aug 2002 . No. 2 . O Ṭuṣu Mā: Self-Expression, Oral History, and Social Commentary for the Jharkhand Goddess . International Journal of Hindu Studies . Springer . 6 . 2 . 175–197. 10.1007/s11407-002-0007-7 . 20106813 . 144677997 .
4. Web site: Bhattacharya . Dr. Shreya . Kuiry . Hare Krishna . 2021 . Death to Deification: Reading the Many Tales of Goddess Tusu . 20 March 2022 . vidyasagar.ac.in.
5. Web site: G Plus | Guwahati's Foremost Media Network | Guwahati News .