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[[ | '''Rasam Pagri''' (रसम पगड़ी) is a social ceremony, prevalent amongst [[Hindus]] from northern part of [[India]]. The ceremony is conducted upon the death of the eldest male member in a family, in which the eldest surviving male member of the family ties a [[turban]] (''[[Pagri (turban)|pagri]]'') on his head in the presence of the extended family or clan.<ref name="ref18dymtb">{{Citation | title=Veins of devotion: blood donation and religious experience in north India | author=Jacob Copeman | publisher=Rutgers University Press, 2009 | isbn=978-0-8135-4449-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbSXa5Fag9gC&q=%22Rasam+Pagri%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA60 | quote=''... rasam pagri is the passing of the deceased male's turban to ... 'When people have the funeral gathering, a turban (pagri) is put on the elder son to show he is now responsible for the family ...''|page=60| year=2009 }}</ref> According to the [[Hindu]] traditions, the ceremony is usually performed by the father of the wife of the eldest, surviving male member.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5EWgRdnLxAC&q=rasam+pagri+hindu+tradition&pg=PA120 |title = Global Encyclopaedia of the Brahmana Ethnography|isbn = 9788182202085|last1 = Krishna Rao|first1 = K. S.|year = 2008| publisher=Global Vision Publishing House }}</ref> The ceremony usually takes place on the fourth day from the day of funeral rites (''[[Antim Sanskar]]'', also known as ''Uthala''), or on the thirteenth day, ''[[Tehravin]]''. The turban signifies honor of the family, and the ceremony signifies the transition of responsibility for the protection and welfare of the family from the deceased to the surviving oldest male member.<ref name="ref18dymtb"/> (While this is predominantly the case, in the Hindu religious scriptures, it is actually the male member who "gives fire" to the body of the deceased who is entitled to wear the turban. As per tradition, it is the oldest surviving son who performs this final rite.) | ||
''' | '''''First pagri ceremony''''' is popular in India representing love from maternal family to the son born to their daughter. In sikh families, st the age of 5 or 7 boy's maternal uncle and maternal grandfather bring a pagg and dastarbandi is done (representing welcoming the child to 1st responsible step toards sikhism, offering a feeling of growing up, endless love from Nanka (maternal family) parivar. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Rasam'' means ''ceremony'' in different languages of [[India]], including [[Hindi]], the most widely spoken. It is derived from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''rasm'' meaning ''procedure'' or ''method''.<ref name="ref44pabag">{{Citation | title=Arabic literature to the end of the Umayyad period | author=Alfred Felix Landon Beeston | publisher=Cambridge University Press, 1983 | isbn=978-0-521-24015-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXKBa1qph-UC | quote=... Arabic rasm, meaning method, procedure ...}}</ref> ''Rasam Pagri'' literally means ''the ceremony of the turban''. | ''Rasam'' means ''ceremony'' in different languages of [[India]], including [[Hindi]], the most widely spoken. It is derived from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''rasm'' meaning ''procedure'' or ''method''.<ref name="ref44pabag">{{Citation | title=Arabic literature to the end of the Umayyad period | author=Alfred Felix Landon Beeston | publisher=Cambridge University Press, 1983 | isbn=978-0-521-24015-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXKBa1qph-UC | quote=... Arabic rasm, meaning method, procedure ... }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Rasam Pagri'' literally means ''the ceremony of the turban''. | ||
==Reform movements== | ==Reform movements== | ||
Some communities have decided to end the custom of Rasam Pagri because it is associated with mrityu-bhoj (feast marking the end of the mourning period).<ref> | Some communities have decided to end the custom of Rasam Pagri because it is associated with mrityu-bhoj (feast marking the end of the mourning period).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thebishnoiism.in/bishnoi-society-will-be-festive-and-ritual-turban-now-closed/ |title=बिश्नोई समाज में मृत्युभोज व रस्म पगड़ी अब होगा बंद, 28 September 2017 |access-date=27 October 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027125521/http://www.thebishnoiism.in/bishnoi-society-will-be-festive-and-ritual-turban-now-closed/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
In some reform-minded families, the daughters have been given the Pagri.<ref>[ | In some reform-minded families, the daughters have been given the Pagri.<ref>[https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-city-pagri-ceremony-of-daughter-in-meerut-after-death-of-father-14999292.html मेरठ में पिता की तेरहवीं पर बेटी को बंधी पगड़ी, Jagran, 8 November 2016]</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.panthkhalsa.org/sdpn/sdpn_dastaar.php Turban as a Symbol of Responsibility] | * [http://www.panthkhalsa.org/sdpn/sdpn_dastaar.php Turban as a Symbol of Responsibility] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201835/http://www.panthkhalsa.org/sdpn/sdpn_dastaar.php |date=3 March 2016 }} | ||
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[[Category:Hindu traditions]] | [[Category:Hindu traditions]] | ||
[[Category:Sikh practices]] | [[Category:Sikh practices]] | ||
[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]] | [[Category:Hindi words and phrases]] | ||
[[Category:Turbans]] | [[Category:Turbans]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:52, 20 March 2026
Rasam Pagri (रसम पगड़ी) is a social ceremony, prevalent amongst Hindus from northern part of India. The ceremony is conducted upon the death of the eldest male member in a family, in which the eldest surviving male member of the family ties a turban (pagri) on his head in the presence of the extended family or clan.[1] According to the Hindu traditions, the ceremony is usually performed by the father of the wife of the eldest, surviving male member.[2] The ceremony usually takes place on the fourth day from the day of funeral rites (Antim Sanskar, also known as Uthala), or on the thirteenth day, Tehravin. The turban signifies honor of the family, and the ceremony signifies the transition of responsibility for the protection and welfare of the family from the deceased to the surviving oldest male member.[1] (While this is predominantly the case, in the Hindu religious scriptures, it is actually the male member who "gives fire" to the body of the deceased who is entitled to wear the turban. As per tradition, it is the oldest surviving son who performs this final rite.)
First pagri ceremony is popular in India representing love from maternal family to the son born to their daughter. In sikh families, st the age of 5 or 7 boy's maternal uncle and maternal grandfather bring a pagg and dastarbandi is done (representing welcoming the child to 1st responsible step toards sikhism, offering a feeling of growing up, endless love from Nanka (maternal family) parivar.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Rasam means ceremony in different languages of India, including Hindi, the most widely spoken. It is derived from the Arabic word rasm meaning procedure or method.[3] Rasam Pagri literally means the ceremony of the turban.
Reform movements[edit | edit source]
Some communities have decided to end the custom of Rasam Pagri because it is associated with mrityu-bhoj (feast marking the end of the mourning period).[4]
In some reform-minded families, the daughters have been given the Pagri.[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacob Copeman (2009), Veins of devotion: blood donation and religious experience in north India, Rutgers University Press, 2009, p. 60, ISBN 978-0-8135-4449-6,
... rasam pagri is the passing of the deceased male's turban to ... 'When people have the funeral gathering, a turban (pagri) is put on the elder son to show he is now responsible for the family ...
- ↑ Krishna Rao, K. S. (2008). Global Encyclopaedia of the Brahmana Ethnography. Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 9788182202085.
- ↑ Alfred Felix Landon Beeston, Arabic literature to the end of the Umayyad period, Cambridge University Press, 1983, ISBN 978-0-521-24015-4,
... Arabic rasm, meaning method, procedure ...
[permanent dead link] - ↑ "बिश्नोई समाज में मृत्युभोज व रस्म पगड़ी अब होगा बंद, 28 September 2017". Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ↑ मेरठ में पिता की तेरहवीं पर बेटी को बंधी पगड़ी, Jagran, 8 November 2016
External links[edit | edit source]
- Turban as a Symbol of Responsibility Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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