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Teej in Nepal
Nepali women fast and dance in red sarees, with green glass bangles and the pote, for the festival of Teej.
What is worn for Teej in Nepal
Teej, or Haritalika Teej, is the festival of women in Nepal, held on the third day of the bright half of Bhadra. Women fast for the long life of their husbands, or, if unmarried, for a good husband, and visit Shiva temples such as Pashupatinath in Kathmandu in groups, singing and dancing the Teej songs. The dress is a red saree, the colour of a bride, with green glass bangles, a red tika, and the pote, a necklace of green glass beads, as well as the tilhari, a gold necklace of a married woman. Women who are married gather at their parental homes. Before the fast there is a feast called dar khane din. The day after Teej is Rishi Panchami, a day for a purifying bath.
The sarees
Also part of it, and being written: Gunyu cholo (The older Nepali wrapped dress.).
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Teej" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source