Bhakka made from five hundred kilos of chalam flour was made at the Bhakka festival organized by the Rajbanshi Samaj Bikash Samiti Mechinagar in Itabhatta, Mechinagar-7.
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For the first time in Mechinagar, the Rajbanshi community celebrated the first Bhakka Pitha festival on Sunday.
In Mechinagar-7, Itabhatta, a Bhakka made from five hundred kilos of chalam flour was made during the Bhakka festival organized by the Rajbanshi Samaj Vikas Samiti Mechinagar.
Dinesh Rajbanshi, the city president of the committee, said that the Bhakka festival was celebrated with the aim of promoting and promoting Bhakka, which is a traditional local food dish.
Gopalchand Budhathoki, the chief guest of the program, said that the Bhakka festival organized with the identity of language, art, customs, and culture will also help in promoting tourism. He informed that the city, which is home to more than 25 castes, has a significant population of the Rajbanshi community.
30 women from all 15 castes of the city, dressed in ethnic costumes and jewelry, made Bhakka for the Bhakka family.
Eating Bhakka is an old custom of the indigenous Rajbanshi community of Jhapa and Morang in the eastern Terai. Bhakka made from rice flour is nutritious and tasty, so it is becoming popular in the eastern Terai.
Rajbanshi and other communities have been making and selling Bhakka in urban areas and rural areas including Kakadbhitta, Intabhatta, Birtamod, Bhadrapur, Damak and other areas of the district.
Mechinagar Municipality-7 Ward Chairman Prallad Oli said that eating Bhakka is very good for health as it is cooked in water and does not contain any kind of adulteration. According to him, Rajbanshi communities across the district have been celebrating Poush 29 as Bhakka Day for the past nine years.
