In South Indian Hindu tradition, the Ritu Kala Samskaram or Ritushuddhi, is a ceremony performed when a girl wears a sari for the first time. It is a rite of passage celebrated after menarche, and she is deemed a young woman both physically and spiritually.[1]
It is also known as the Half sari function, Langa Voni (Telugu: లంగా ఓణి), (Pavadai Dhavani Tamil: பாவாடை தாவணி), or Langa Davani (Kannada: ಲಂಗ ದಾವಣಿ).
Ritual
editRitushuddhi is a ceremony for women and is performed after menarche.[2] This milestone in a girl's life is observed by her family and friends, with gifts and her wearing a sari for the ritual.[3][4]
In modern times, the rite of passage is celebrated as a "half-saree party" or half-sari function, where the female relatives and friends of the girl gather, and she receives and wears a half-saree and other gifts. Thereafter, at ceremonious events, she wears the half-sarees until her marriage when she puts on a full sari.[1]
She wears a new langa voni during the first part of the ceremony and then she is gifted her first sari by her maternal uncle, which she wears during the second half of the ceremony. This marks her transition into womanhood.
The tradition of presenting a langa voni begins with the girl's first naming ceremony Namakaran and her first rice feeding ceremony called Annaprashana. She receives her last one at the Ritu Kala Samskaram.
Tuloni biya, transl. small wedding, also referred to as Xoru Biya, Nua-tuloni, or Santi Biya, is a traditional Assamese Hindu ceremony that marks the attainment of puberty in girls[5][6] and celebrates the girl's transition from childhood to womanhood.[7][8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Lene Jensen (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199948550, page 328
- ^ Jaiswal, Vaibhav (January 2015). "Garbhadana Samaskara: A Scientific Review: Pharma Science Monitor". Pharma Science Monitor. pp. 220–223.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Sacred Samskaras Rajbali Pandey, Hinduism Today, May/June 2001
- ^ Heidi Munan (2012), Hindu Puberty Rites in CultureShock! Malaysia: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette, ISBN 978-1558680708, page 74
- ^ Gogoi, Nitul Kumar (2006). Continuity and Change Among the Ahom. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-281-9.
- ^ Das, Rajat Kanti (2005). North East India in Perspective: Biology, Socio-cultural Formations and Contemporary Problems. Akansha Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-87606-90-1.
- ^ Kumaramkandath, Rajeev; Srivastava, Sanjay (2020-02-20). (Hi)Stories of Desire: Sexualities and Culture in Modern India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-49441-0.
- ^ Pragya (2022-02-01). Pages from the diary of small town girl. Blue Rose Publishers.