It is customary for one of the two members of the Adhikari family to perform the ritual on the first day of Baisakh, after wrapping the house and courtyard with a clean cloth, to become a tiger on the elder side and a cat on the younger side, and to run into the crowd. After being found and caught by others in the same village, they go to 74 households with musical instruments and perform pompous worship, singing and dancing.
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With the arrival of the New Year, the Tiger-Cat Fair, which is held every year in Bhausain village on Shubhakalika-3, has concluded. Every year, on New Year's Day, 74 household members of Bhausain village have been continuing the tradition by organizing the Tiger-Cat Fair.
On the day of Taga on Baisakh 1, the local festival Adhikari became a tiger, while Kiran Adhikari became a cat. On Baisakh 1, the two members of the Adhikari family perform rituals by wrapping the house and courtyard with clean food from one week and then on Baisakh 1, the eldest becomes a tiger and the younger becomes a cat and runs into the forest. After being found and caught by others in the same village, they go to 74 households with musical instruments and perform pompous worship, singing and dancing, said local Hemanta Adhikari.
'There is a tradition of running around as a tiger and a cat to please Bindrasaini Devi,' he said, 'Since ancient times, a tiger-cat fair has been held every year on the day of the New Year.' Different families of the Adhikari family make tigers and cats, and after others chase and catch them, they go to every house and worship them with great fanfare, playing musical instruments.
The tradition is being carried out by organizing the fair based on the popular belief that if people worship them as tigers and cats, livestock will be protected and there will be no fear of disease in the village.' Local Urmila Timilsina said that the fair is being conducted and the tradition is being followed. Even though it is a traditional fair, the custom of running around in the wheat fields during the ripening season needs to be improved.
