BASAURA
fresh and stale:have a tale!
There’s an interesting way of celebrating the onset of
spring and summer in Rajasthan. This festival called Basaura marks the farewell
of winter and welcome of summer. On 14th of march Rajasthan, marked
by rugged tawny terrain and colourful pagris and ghagras celebrated this
festival with cheer and gusto.The womenfolk did not venture into the kitchen to
cook as was customary but chose to eat whatever was left over of the previous
night.No fire crackled in the stoves, no embers threw off aroma of daal baati
choorma. ‘Stale’was the flavour of the day.Why? because at that juncture of
their lives it was apparently safe to consume whatever was basi or stale.Henceforth the harsh summer sun would not allow any
stale food to thrive .It was only in the late evening that choolhas could be
lit and fresh food cooked. Farewell winters, welcome summers!
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