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'''Aada-Halud vrata''' or '''Aada-Haldi Vrata''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: আদা-হলুদ ব্রত) is one of the unscriptural or feminine vows of [[bengali Hindu]] society in [[West Bengal]] and [[bangladesh]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite book |last=Chowdhury|first=Dulal|url=https://phgc-opac.l2c2.co.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1787 |title=বাংলার লোকসংস্কৃতির বিশ্বকোষ (Bengali) |date=2004 |publisher=Akademi of Folklore |isbn= |pages=241 |language=bn}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
The married women of Bengali Hindu houses in rural Bengal observe this vrata on the Sankranti of the month of [[Chaitra]]. Brtini gives [[ginger]] (Aada), [[turmeric]] (Halud) along with a handful of paddy plants to a married woman every day for the whole month of [[Baishakh]] from Sankranti of [[Chaitra]] month (mid-April to mid-May).<ref name="auto"/> This ritual has to be observed every four years. The purpose of the vrata is to remove the food shortage in the world forever.<ref name="aut">{{Cite book |last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Ashutosh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IS5BDwAAQBAJ |title=মেয়েদের ব্রতকথা (Bengali) |date=2013 |publisher=Parul Prakashani Private Limited |isbn=978-9382300731 |pages=100 |language=bn}}</ref><br />
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Being a feminine vow, no mantra or priest is required to observe the vow.<ref name="aut"/><br />
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==Features of the vrata==<br />
In the first phase of observing the Aada-Halud vrata, the women have to collect the necessary ingredients i.e. [[Paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]] plants, [[coriander]], [[ginger]], [[turmeric]], [[Sandesh (confectionery)|sandesh]] or such sweets and a few paise.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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In the second phase, a married woman has to pay a handful of paddy, a handful of coriander, five ginger, five turmerics, five sandesh or similar sweets and five paisa, every day from Sankranti of Chaitra month to the whole of Baisakh.<ref name="aut"/><br />
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In the same way, two married women have to observe the vow in the second year, three women in the third year, and four women in the fourth year.<ref name="aut"/><br />
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After observing the vrata in the fourth year, during the celebration, on the Sankranti of the month of Baisakh, four widows are carefully fed and given red-bordered sarees, cows, noa, vermilion chupari, head rubbing, alta and dakshina. Bratini then gave the first year's main woman a silver vermilion box, gold-plated Noah, fan, comb, mirror, a towel and one [[rupee]] [[dakshina]].<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Bengali Hindu festivals]]<br />
[[Category:Vrata]]<br />
[[Category:Rituals in Hindu worship]]</div>Sameer481