The tribals of India have variety of folklore and cultural practices of their own, unlike their Hindu bretheren of towns and countryside. One such folkloric practice is 'fast' on the eve of burning of Holi, a festival popular among the indigenous communities of India. In fact it is a Hindu folklore but introduced by the Brahmins of India as part of sanskritisation.
In whole of tribal India especially in Bhilanchal, a severe fast is maintained prior to the burning of Holi which takes place in the evening of midnight as the selected time goes. The day or time before the burning of Holi is considered to be sacred and all the evil is to be consumed by fasting and later by burning of Holi in its flames, is the strong belief of the tribal India including of the Bhils.
The Bhil virgins especially including men and women of the Bhil community fast, visit to the markets of Bhilanchal, purchase, coconutts, sweets for the Holi offering and breaking of fast which ceremonially takes place in each one's family some time at the sunset.
This market which is not a weekly one, but that is visited on the eve of Holi burnig is named by the Bhils of Bhilanchal as 'Bhookdyun Haat' literally meaning hungery market or the day of fast in its core spirit of Holi festival. The tribals of India celebrate Holi festival in their own cultural manner or folkloric way which now being influenced by Hindu way of celebrating of the festival of Holi. The Bhookdyun haat of Jhabua this year was on 10th of March 2009. There were ample number of Holi fasters especially Bhil virgins, singing folk songs of Holi and fast, dancing on the beat of drums was clearly seen in the town . Large number of girls were seen standing in the market places at every nuke and corners singing in unison Bhili folksongs. Similar sights were reported in Petlawad, Thandla, Jobat and other parts of Bhilanchal.
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