BHAITIKA

The Bhaitika or Brother festival is observed on the fifth and final day of the Tihar festival.on this day the brother is worshiped decorated with arlands of different kinds of flowers including marigold and fed by his sister.Tihar is widely celebrated by hindus as a great festival.it falls on the month of karthik at the end of autumn.this celebration lasts for five days. since it is celebrated for five days it is also righted called panchak or distincty yama panchak. it is known as the festival of lights so it has got its name Deepawali during or diwali.The speciality of this festival is that the cow the dog the crow the bullock and the brother are worshipped during this period.

The first day is the crow festivals when  the crow is worship   and fed.similarly the second day  is the Dog festival and the third days the cow festivals. In the evening (of the cow festival) girls or women go to door to door and recite Bhailo.On the night of this third day,laxmi, goddess of weath, is worshiped.Different kinds of lights are lit illuminating every where.The fourth day is the bullock is worshiped and fed.The fifth and final day is the Brother festival when the sister worship,milk his forehead with different seven colours and put flower galandson his head and neck.After the bhaitika the tihar festival is over.People eat different delicious foods during this occasion.They keep their house neat and clean.cleanliness is the prominent feature of this festival.