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feasted, the priests and deotis receiving the goats’ heads and fee, 
with some grain and ghi. 
The Shand! yég.—In Bashéhr the Shand yag is celebrated 
where there has been a good crop or an epidemic is raging. 
Sometimes 108 balis, sometimes less, are offered, and sacrifices 
are also made to the ten dishds or quarters. The gods of the 
four theris and the five sthdns 2 (temples) also assemble at it 
and other gods from the country round attend the ydg. The 
expense incurred is considerable. In Bashahr the people also 
perform the shdnd for their own villages 
: S Important ydgs are the jdgrds and jatégrds + which are 
observed annually or every third or fourth year. The biggest, 
that of Maheshwar of Sangré, is held every third year at 
Nachar temple, with the following rites :— 
Balis (sacrifices) of he-goats are offered on all four sides,. 
sing, dance and make merry, and are feasted in return. 
+n Bashéhr the Didoli is observed in Maghar. It is the 
special festival of the peasantry, and held only in the village 
temples. omen observe it by visiting their parents’ homes 
ds 
. The Jal Jatra* held in Jeth in Bashéhr is the occasion 00 
which the thakurs are bathed in the rivers with songs and muste, 
for which the performers are rewarded. | 
In Bashahr at the Jal or Ban Bihar the thdkurs’ chariots ate 
ln binto the gardens, and alms given to Brahmans, musr 
nee nas <hasbinitee gncinnsalea! A feels ~ Wl le 
: tet shanti, peace. 
ese are enumerated in the cou let : Landsa, Dandsé, Sing@?, 
pe Segre a Nirmand, Kao Mamel. * The villages of ere 
~andsa, & an aneri t Ags Nirt, , 
Ke rl are the four Theris ; and Mamel are 
8 So called because boiled ri : F A 
ce (bhdt the deity. 
* Jatdgra, a small jdgrd. © (bhdt) is offered to the 7 
;. gattle- grazers, 
** deota,”? Jétra, a visit to a spring. Here thdkur means ‘‘ deity 
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