TEEJ

If the festival of Teej is celebrated in the north of India, it is in Rajasthan that it is most vibrant. This festival honors Parvati. After the death of Sati, the first wife of Shiva, the latter is inconsolable. Sati is then reincarnated 108 times to try to get her husband out of his torpor, until taking the features of Parvati. The first night, the women pray and fast. The next morning, they wear a red dress and their best jewelry. Swings are hung on the branches of the trees, where the women sit in turn.