TEEYAN TEEJ DIYAN - PUNJABI FESTIVALS
Teeyan Da Mela
Teeyan season is about happiness, prosperity and well-being. It is very pious and ominous festival for Indian Women where newly married and young unmarried women gather together to celebrate the beginning of rainy season. Teeyan (also known as Teej) is widely popular in the northern region of India ranging from Punjab Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar to Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
Teej is a major festival of women. It is celebrated every year in the month of July-August with great enthusiasm and verve. Festival of Teej dedicates the day’s celebration to Goddess Parvati. The festival’s theme is the devotion of women towards their husbands or to-be-husbands. Married and unmarried women adorn themselves to their best and pray for long life of their husband. Though Teej celebrates the advent of monsoon but there is a legend associated with it which makes the day more auspicious.
The word Teeyan originates from Punjab pronounced “tee-aan” meaning celebration of happy and prosperous married life. The festival celebrates the beginning of the rainy season where newly Married women returning to their parental home receive clothes and other gifts from their parents. Usually a fair is organised on this occasion where swings are a common sight. For the rural women specially, this is a time to pamper and enjoy oneself, by buying bangles, bindis, bead necklaces, getting henna tattoos done on hands and feet, and eating sumptuous dishes.
Dressed in their best Punjabi outfits like Punjabi Gagara, Phulkari Dupatta, Jutti, Patiala Salwar Suit and decked by traditional ornaments, women gather on this day and look a medley of color and beauty. They are in festive mood to enjoy the events of the day specially organized for them.
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