Mithila Paag highlighted on postal stamp
The focal government has surprisingly issued a postal stamp highlighting Mithila Paag (turban) in acknowledgment of the deep rooted social image.
"Stamping the social personality and legacy of Mithila Paag by the postal office is an amazing privilege to Mithilanchal and crores of individuals from here are upbeat," Birbal Jha, executive of Mithilalok Foundation, an association working for socio-social and financial advancement of Mithila, said on Thursday here.
He said a flood of joy has spread among Maithils the whole way across India and abroad.
Eminently, a battle, "Spare the Paag", propelled by the establishment a couple of years back enrolled a colossal reaction with more than one crore Maithils going along with it.
"Such a move by focal government is obviously an assurance supporter to the social activists in the nation. This convenient acknowledgment of Paag at the national level will surely reinforce the socio-social texture of India," Jha said.
The postal division, in its booklet on Headgears of India named Mithila Paag a "headgear hailing from the Mithila area of Bihar worn by Maithil individuals."
"The Paag conveys a great deal of regard and is worn by the general population of Mithila with pride. The Paag goes back to pre-noteworthy circumstances when it was made of plant clears out. It exists today in an adjusted shape. Paags are of various shades, hues and shapes," it read.
A Paag Exhibition held in a year ago's World Trade Fair in New Delhi was a hit. Likewise, a huge number of individuals of Mithila, wearing the Paag, partook in Paag March in New Delhi and Bihar.
A paag tune composed by Birbal Jha and sung by prevalent Maithili vocalist Vikash Jha is a super hit. The tune requests to Maithils to wear Paag, transcending position, belief and sex keeping in mind the end goal to ensure customary culture of the land.
Ladies, once denied of Paag, have demonstrated extraordinary enthusiasm for joining the battle and strolling shoulder to bear with men.
From inputs of IANS!
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