About the Festival

Pitri aushi— a festival to remember the deceased once —is celebrated the seventh day of the Jitiya festival and is called Yamaha in Tharu language. The festival is specially celebrated in the remembrance of the departed soul in Tharu community. In the morning of the festival day, the Tharu community clean their yard with the mud mixed with cattle dung. A wooden mat known as Pirha is placed in the yard and two tall pieces of green grass is placed on it. This try consider as Pitri (departed soul) and are worshipped in remembrance of their deceased family members. On this day, the family members of the deceased ones bathe taking apiece of Kush (a dried grass having religious significance in their hands.