The festival CHHAT falls on the sixth days of the bright for night of karthik,4 days after the Bhaitika. It is particularly observed by Maithili people living in the Terai.However other people are also seen to observe it in the terai.This festival is observed by worshipping the sun. On the previous day that is on the fifth day of karthik shukla the devotees eat nothing and worship the setting sun and them eat.Ont he very day of Chhath, they go to a nearby river or pond early in the morning.They take their bath there and =worship the rising sun.After this performance all the family members join together and take different types of sweets.It is important to worship the sum-god with flower and burning lamps.It is Believed that after this festival people get remedy for skin disease sine they take Barth in very cold water at the time of sunrise.People believe that this festival gives them pleasure and prosperity in life.
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