When the cultivation of rice paddy started to decrease, the custom of beating the head of the rice paddy
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Marsidhan, which grows at the highest place in the world, has its own calendar. This is the schedule of Jumli Marsidhan to soak rice seeds on Chait 12th, take out the wet seeds on Chait 16th and dry them in the sun and sow them in bed on Chait 20th. According to the calendar, on Saturday 16th of Chait, there is a tradition of pounding the heads of paddy in every Jumli's house. But recently, since the cultivation of rice paddy has started to decrease, Siraunla has also stopped growing.
Gaurinanda Acharya, the head of the district coordination committee, said that the rice heads have left the pine tree. "On Chait 16, after cutting the head and offering it to Chandannath Bhairavanath temple, it was a tradition to give the daughter as a bridegroom," Acharya said, "In recent times, the infection of Maruwa disease has increased in Marsi". When the farmers stopped planting paddy, the custom of beating the head also started disappearing.'
He said that even though it was found that the head is being beaten, it is not the same as it used to be. Earlier, a lot of rice seeds were stored. It was planted in many areas. Now, because less land is planted, the seed is kept very little . Soaked seeds are not enough to beat the head. He says that he has stopped beating the head because of the cheap price of chiura from outside.
He added, "Earlier, chiura was not available in the market". Heads beaten on Chait 16 were kept till May/June. Farmers don't want to chop the heads because there are plenty of fresh chiuras of different brands available in the market.' Okhal and pestle were kept in every traditional fire here . Now after the construction of concrete houses, the use of okhal is also decreasing . "The practice of collectively beating rice heads in Toltol has also started disappearing," Jesus head Acharya said. The soaked rice is wrapped in bhojpatra, radipakhi, salla leaves and kept warm in a corner of the kitchen. Along with that every morning and evening, when sprinkled with cold water, the seeds of marsi start sprouting.
The seeds germinated in this way are taken to berna on 20th of Chait and sown. Jai Bahadur Rokaya of Sinja-2 said that the practice of beating rice heads has disappeared and they are cultivating marsi only to save their identity. He said, now not only the head of Marcy is left to be beaten, but the calendar of rice is also affected.
He told that even in the planting of marsi, the use of rectangular slats has started. The Agricultural Development Office has decided to announce pocket areas for the protection of rice paddy, to discuss the distribution of healthy seeds and to promote farming.
