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by Prakriti Dhakal | 12-01-2016 23:27
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Maghe Sankranti is the first day of month of Magh of Bikram Sambat. Magh is tenth month in the year. Sankranti is the Sanskrit word in Eastern Astrology which refers to the transmigration of the Sun from one Rashi (sign of the zodiac) to another. In very simple word sangranti is the first day of Nepali calendar. Then obviously, there are 12 such sankrantis in a year. Makar Sankranti is the transition of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn).
and the day to celebrate it is just a few days to go , let's why not celebrate it with a new concept ? As we use to take holly bath known as Makar Snan in Holly Rivers. The bath is made generally in tribunals (Triveni - the place where three rivers meet). Shankhamol, the bank of Bagmati river in Patan, Dolalghat, Baraha Kshetra, Ridi, The Sachi Tirtha at Trivenighat (Panauti) and other rivers . Beside we Nepalese and Indians ,might be it is new festival to others , so i write little about it . I too enjoy a lot in this festival but as i got the news about it , " the water quality of River Ganga during mass bathing in Haridwar during Maha Kumbha of 2010 in terms of microbiological and molecular analysis. The sample was collected from River Ganga during Makar Sankranti to Shakh Poornima and assessed for fecal indicator bacteria Escherichia colt along with Standard Plate Count (SPC) to determine total bacterial load in the river. Of all the nine days of sample collection (mass bathing days) results on the main royal bath (Baisakhi) displayed maximum SPC (log 6.79 cfu ml(-1)) and most probable number (210 and 150 MPN 100 ml(-1) for total and fecal coli form, respectively). The water was extremely contaminated and not suitable for drinking on Somvati Amavasya, Maghi Poornima, Maha Shivratri and Baisakhi. The results clearly indicated that the mass bathing coupled with ritual activities performed by bathers was most probable cause of increased values of different parameters. The polymerase chain reaction analysis targeting malate dehydrogenase (mdh) gene proved to be more rapid and sensitive than classical culture technique . And now , it is 2016 , 6 years later from the above data, again a huge mass of bacteria is going to take new life in the holy rivers and we the fools think that out soul get pure through polluting the river , why can't we look the other way to celebrate it ? Would you please suggest me a new idea to save our holy rivers ? Sorry to say but there is bathroom to bath then why to pollute the environment in the name of festival ? We are youth for environment and environment for youth , lets start from our self we Nepalese and Indians , lets celebrate the up coming festival in a new way ! |
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11 Comments
yes aabha , celebrate it in a new way .
Posted 14-01-2016 20:53
Yes, we all should think about our nature before doing anything . This is really nice concept .Lets celebrate our festival but along with it lets keep our water resources clean .
Posted 14-01-2016 20:51
Happy new year! :-)
Thank you for sharing interesting tradition. Celebration for holidays is getting more and more eco-friendly all over the globe. So, hopefully, this will be more eco-friendly and safer as time goes by.
Posted 13-01-2016 15:28
yeah , Aditya !
then how are you planning to celebrate it ?
Posted 13-01-2016 03:37
Great...specially the last para is awesome.
Posted 13-01-2016 02:36
@Tanverjit , and your implements surely led them in a better way .
Posted 13-01-2016 00:50
sure little bro Kirtan :)
glad to see 13 years little boy involving on environmental activities .
Posted 13-01-2016 00:49
yeah , a very good article .
Really its a time to think about .
We can start through our family and community to change the way of celebration , lets celebrate it without polluting rivers and that is by not bathing on holy rivers rather start a campaign to clean it .
Posted 13-01-2016 00:43
i am pretty much trying to implement on my words along with my friends and relatives .
Posted 13-01-2016 00:37
yeah , friend now we should act beyond the words .
Posted 13-01-2016 00:19
Well most of rituals and traditions like these lead to pollution in many ways . Followers of such customs and traditions need to understand that celebrating the festivals and on the other hand polluting the environment would do no good . They should celebrate such festivals with least harm to the nature .
Yet again a Great Article .
Thanks for reporting .
Posted 12-01-2016 23:47