It is a tradition to wear a turban, carry a lamp in one's hand, and circumambulate the temple while chanting ”Bakhya Hwa” to the beat of the panchebaja, rather than brandishing a sword in the open field.
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Sarai dance has been performed on the eighth day of Chaite Dashain in Mainadi, Ribdikot Rural Municipality-7, Palpa for 43 years. Chaite Sarai, which was started in 2039 BS by a Sami tree near Kanta Ashram in Mainadi and started on its own, continues to this day.
सांस्कृतिक एवं धार्मिक मान्यतासँग गाँसिएको सराय दसैंघर तथा देवीको मन्दिर तथा कोतघरमा निकालिएको हो । दियो र जमरा, पञ्चेबाजा, हातहतियारसहित चैते सराय निकालिन्छ । रिब्दीकोट गाउँपालिकाको मैनादीस्थित देवीको मन्दिरमा राखिएका तरबार र खुँडा नचाउँदै सराय नाचिएको कान्ताआश्रम पर्यटन प्रवर्द्धन समितिका अध्यक्ष जगदीश नेपालले बताए । ‘पछिल्लो समय बसाइँसराइ साथै युवाको विदेश पलायनले पहिले जस्तो सहभागिता छैन,’ नेपालले भने, ‘तर पुनः संस्कृति परम्परालाई जोगाउनुपर्छ भन्ने मान्यता अहिले बढेको छ ।’
कतिपय देवीका मन्दिरमा स्थानीय बासिन्दाले पूजाआजा गर्ने, रमाइलो गर्नुका साथै बडादसैं र चैते दसैंमा दुई पटक सराय नाच नाच्ने गरिन्छ । यहाँ भने चैते दसैंमा मात्र सराय नाचिने गरेको स्थानीय डुलबहादुर कुँवरले बताए । उनका अनुसार मैनादीको कान्ता आश्रममा ठूलो समीको रुख ढलेको र अर्को दिन रुख उठेको धार्मिक विश्वास यस क्षेत्रमा रहेकाले चैते दसैंमा सराय निकाल्ने प्रचलन भएको हो ।
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