With reference to the task on "Diversity of Cultures / Religions" I'm happened to write this. In which i had written how "Cultural Diversifiction is happening, how people are having various religious beliefs, how beliefs come into being, how it is being stimulated and how from generation to generation it's transforming into new modification or with the wisdom of education getting faded day by day.
As our festivals are based on 'myth', it must have somewhere its root. As seeing the past, there wasn't awareness of education, so people by seeing those circumstantial activities, weren't able to differentiate or see with their point of view or perhaps they don't have that wise moral sense, or it was already shaped on their made beliefs so they weren't able to come out from it.
When something accidentally or incidentally going on, in unknown manner, but as it gets connected with miracle, which is also linked circumstantially, and as proved to be beneficial for people, it becomes belief and perhaps it was the reason that 'myth' was adding to its number day by day. But at present with the advent of education, and with its spreading roots as it has made its mark in many fields, and developed humansense towards betterment of the society, gradually all types of myths are fading away.
Concerning "shitlaa saatam" here. We see at first its tikahs(inoculation) was performing in traditional way, in Northern and Southern parts of India, from India went to China, also a special sect of Brahmins were also practicing but ultimately in 17th century, with the advent of "cowvaccine" invented by "Edward Hemmer" to increase immune system in 'human body' so that it can fight against any disease here particularly small pox. As Portugese and Muslims are bounded with consuming fish, milk and ghee, they as well as others, who are inflicted with this particular disease were told to abstain themselves from those things.
Fish is somewhat hot in tendency, and if fish, chicken, beef, meat and egg is eaten, it would increase the disease which would spread with itching sensation. As itching sensation gives pleasure, it also attributes punishment to the occupier.
Concerning myth, our sir has also given an example of (squeezing cat in milk) and as circumstantially, something fruitful was happened, people of that particular era were following this as their ritual(myth). So their understanding was developed that if a God of Goddesses cursed anyone, he/she would face this disease but wasn't the case.
"As it is said, what one believes comes forth".
It is all about human psychology, in what direction one wants to develop his/her psychology, one can. But its result would be according to your seeds that you have sown.
Coming to "Eid-ul-Adha". This festival is believed to be "the sacrifice of animals". Where a Muslim has to divide a male sheep, goat or buffalo into three parts. One part for their relatives and friends, other respectively for 'poor and needy'(Muslims and non-Muslims both) also the last to the 'immediate relatives'.
It's also connected with a "myth", which isn't yet proven, but seen in "Quran Shareef" a holy book of Muslims. Where "prophet Ibrahim" dreamt of his son, as sacrificed for "Eid-ul-Adha". So another day, when this ritual was about to happen, he preferred his son to be slaughtered as he perceives that God wants him to sacrifice his son. As God moved by his devotion, he sent a sheep by angels to cut 'as a sacrificial animal'. Since then it is going on in same manner, sacrificial is done in form of male sheep, goat or buffalo.
So all festivals have roots in 'myth' which is blindly followed or can say to be authentic, it needs very sincere research. if any concept like 'myth' is existing or not? and if it is existing, how it has come into existence? And if it is, 'myth' and blinding people, then what would be the vaccine to abstain people from those beliefs?
We may notice, as our various festivals are based on some occasion based at a particular time and then they are baptised as a belief. we weren't existing, but it transfers as inheritancy from generation to generation, so we are made to believe.
Due to this reason only, if intellectuals who knows how to differentiate religion from science and when they embark on their task in persuasion they are contemplated by various human tempers(right wing people, purely religious). Whether they are punished or banished from the country.
For Example: (JNU) University is known for its intellectuals and often they are contemplated by honorary or various right wing people, but the people who have identical ideals as them, facilitate them. It is a surprising thing, that they are only in few numbers, While we have a herd of people who are identical in their false views.
Going to mediaeval/classical idea of "English literature" "Greek and Roman mythology" was deeply rooted but with the advent of "Renaissance period" gradually faded away. Subsequently age after age, it can be now seen in very least manner.
While seeing it in Indian context, it had been started since 'neolithic age' as tribals were used to worship nature, and also they were rigidly superstitious so perhaps it may have somewhere their roots and they successively inherited those things to their descendants and from descendants they had many successors as followers and it get wildly spreaded.
Perhaps it is the result of wide-spread education, social and political reformation, awareness in many fields, development in science & technology and with dissemination and exchange of information from state to state or country to country.
So all the festivals are more or less connected in same manner, a deep and sincere pondering altogether with investigation is required.
Thankyou...
Thankyou...
References:
https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2019/08/shitala-saatam-religion-vs-science.html?m=1
https://www.firstpost.com/india/bakri-eid-2019-from-history-to-significance-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-muslim-festival-eid-al-adha-7148071.html
Wikipedia-janmashtmi, Gauri brat and ekadashi
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