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Responsibilities
Of Communities:-
In Tulunaadu, every community has its own responsibilities to perform during Bhootha worship of that area. The leader in that area with social respect and who keeps
every one together is known as Gurikara. The Gurikara settles disputes within their community and society, and if
the disputes are not settled by him, then such cases are brought to the presence of Bhootha during festival, and the disputes are settled there . So, Bhoothas means
‘satya’ which became the social
communication media, judging the society, helping them to maintain communal harmony. We
can see influence of Bhootha in other religions such as Jainism, Brahmins , They accepted
Bhootha worship and built Bhootha shrines. Besides that some of Bhoothas spirits are
elevated to the status of Gods.
Gadi
Paththuni (Bhootada Gadi):-
Every house of bunts worshipped the Bhoothas .During the events of worshipping every
member of the family are present . Also, for some of the events in the Bhootha shrines in
the village, bunts have important role to play ,the bunt houses like, Beedu, Guthu, Paraari
Baalike etc.
The eldest male
member of the family goes to Bhootha shrines of the village where he is honoured according
to his social status of their house. To get this official honour, he should perform a
ritual called "Gadi Paththuni" in the presence of bhootha.
During bhootha kola, the eldest male member of the family will be called by name by the Darshan
Paathri,in the presence of villagers and prasadam will be given. This ritual is known as
Gadi Paththuni. This ritual is performed only once in one generation. Two persons of the
family cannot perform this ritual at one time.
So, in
every festival the bhootha calls eldest male member of family after Brahmins and Guests to
give Prasadam before general public ,only after the death of first member of that family,
second member performs the ritual and represents the family. The ‘Gadi’ritual
should observe some strict dieting, during festival days. He should not intake any food in
the morning without having bath, no lady during this period should not enter in inner
section of house, he should never touch dead body including his parents, he should not
wear a shirt in the Bhootha shrines.
RITUALS:-
The central position of Naadavas can be understood at the time of death ceremony of one
who belongs to this community as The holeya conveys the death message to the
caste people . A carpenter accompanied by musicians proceeds to cutdown a mango tree for
the funeral pyre The body is bathed and laid out on a plank ,clad with new clothes, it is
conveyed to burning ground with music. A barber carries thither a pot containing fire. The
corpse is set down near the pyre and divested of new clothes
which are distributed between
a barber and a washerman, a carpenter, a billava, & a holeya. The pyre is kindled by a
billava.
In case if
the eldest member of the family dies, next day to the death,holeya and his team beating
the drums, along with flute music praising the dead person and expressing the condolence
for a period of 11 days .On 14th day the vaikunta samaradhane (the last ritual
after the death) takes place .