🕊️ Celebrating Bonds: Sama-Chakeva Festival सामा-चकेवा

A Festival of Sibling Love and Tradition in Mithila

Sama-Chakeva is a unique festival celebrated with great joy in the Mithila region, especially among Maithil women and girls. Rooted in folklore and mythology, it honors the unbreakable bond between brothers and sisters — much like Raksha Bandhan, but observed in a more communal, artistic, and nature-oriented way.

The festival begins right after Chhath Puja, during the Kartik month (October-November) and spans over 7–10 days. Young girls create and decorate clay idols of Sama (a symbol of sisterly devotion) and Chakeva (her brother) along with miniature clay birds, elephants, and symbolic items. Each evening, they gather in groups near courtyards or under trees, sing traditional Sama-Chakeva songs, and perform rituals in honor of sibling love and protection.

This celebration reinforces community bonding, environmental respect (as idols are made from clay), and the preservation of ancient songs and customs.

At MithilaOnline, we encourage preserving this beautiful expression of folk art, emotion, and ecology that represents the very soul of Mithila.

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सामा-चकेवा मिथिला क्षेत्रक एकटा अनुपम पर्व छी, जे खास क’ महिला आ किशोरीसभ द्वारा बड़े धूमधाम सँ मनाओल जाइत अछि। ई पर्व भाई-बहिनक प्रेम आ समर्पणक प्रतीक छी — जकरा लोक ‘मैथिल राखी’ सेहो कहैत छथि।

ई पर्व छठ पूजा के बाद, कार्तिक मास मे शुरू होइत अछि आ 7-10 दिन धरि चलैत अछि। बालिका सभ सामा (बहिन) आ चकेवा (भाई) केर माटिक मूर्ति बनाएत छथि, संगहि चिरई, हाथी आ अन्य प्रतीकात्मक मूर्तिसभ सेहो बनाओल जाइत अछि। प्रतिदिन संझा लोक एकजुट भ’ गीत गबैत छथि — सामा-चकेवा केर पारंपरिक लोकगीत।

ई पर्व बहिन द्वारा अपन भाइ लेल मंगल कामना करबाक, प्रकृति सँ जुड़बाक, आ सामूहिक एकता प्रदर्शित करबाक अवसर प्रदान करैत अछि। माटि सँ बनल मूर्तिक उपयोग पर्यावरणीय स्नेह सेहो दर्शबैत अछि।

मिथिला ऑनलाइन एहि अद्भुत लोक परंपरा केँ संरक्षित करबाक आ नव पीढ़ी धरि पहुँचाबय लेल समर्पित अछि।

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