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Actress Mahika Sharma promotes festival of the Assam tea tribes

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GUWAHATI , January 14, 2019 2:16 pm
Actress Mahika Sharma promotes festival of the Assam tea tribes

Actress Mahika Sharma promotes festival of the Assam tea tribes Photo: Northeast Now

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Actress Mahika Sharma who is gearing up for bollywood movie “The Modern Culture” promoted festival of the tea tribes of Assam, popularly known as Tusu Puja.

The celebration started on Sunday and will go on for two more days.

Talking about the history of the festival Mahika said, “Assam is a beautiful land with various communities and tribes. The tea tribes of Assam are also a very important part of huge Assamese society. Tusu Puja is one of the prime festivals. Tusu Devi is a folk goddess of the tea tribes. The traditional customs of this puja is somewhat different from others. According to the folk legend, Tusu was the daughter of the Kurmi king of Gujrat. The Mughal emperor of that time forced him to run away and and he took shelter with Punjab’s king. During those days Tusu and son of king of Punjab fell in love with each other. But, the Mughal emperor became an obstacle in their love. So, Gujrat’s king ran away from there again and met the Assam tea tribes who helped them marry. After a few days, when the guy died Tusu also killed herself by jumping into his funeral pyre. Her love story is celebrated by tea tribes even today as Tusu Puja. The tribes began to worship Tusu as a pure soul.”

Talking about the celebration former Miss Teen Northeast adds, “During Tusu Parab, sculptors make statues of Tusu and people decorate them with mud and flower very beautifully. Young boys and girls carry the statue from house to house singing her story. The young girls of the community dress traditionally and tie handkerchief on their hands and dance with the rhythm of the music and instruments. Tusu is popular among the tea tribes as a goddess who symbolizes kindness, virtue, love and sacrifice.”

Mahika has earlier appeared in television shows like ‘FIR’ and ‘Ramayana’ celebrated the festival in mumbai.

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