Karva Chauth is a one-day festival celebrated mostly in the Northern Part of India. During this day married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands.
Married women typically start preparing for this festival few days in advance with shopping for the special day including dress, make-up, cosmetics, jewellery, Karva lamps and plates.
Women typically wake up around 4am which is typically before sunrise and eat feni with milk and sugar which helps them abstain from water the whole day.
During the day women should not eat or drink anything but the good news is, they don’t have to do any household work, which is passed on to the husbands without their consent of course.
During the day time women engaged themselves in getting mehendi (henna paint) done on their hands and as the evening approaches, they gather at someone’s house and sit together praying for their husband’s long life while passing on the gift baskets full of fruits, almonds, pieces of jewellery.
No one knows the true reason behind this festival, but a reasonable possibility of the start of this festival is that this festival occurs typically after the reaping season of the summer harvest and just before the sowing season of winter harvest, so this was the best time when military campaigns used to happen in the ancient times, and this was the time when long distance travel usually occurred. So in order to keep her husband safe from harm, married women used to observe this festival.
Lastly, although a married man is not expected to observe the fast with her wife, but do remember that she’s waiting for you expecting that diamond ring you promised her 3 years ago.
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