Supaul Bazar

Supaul Bazar is an important commercial hub in Biraul subdivision of Darbhanga. People from remote areas often visit it in order to purchase goods.Supaul Bazar is located approximately 45 kilometres east of Darbhanga. Supaul Bazar is composed of Afzala, khewa, Ziraat, Shaikhpura, biraul, haat gaachhi, tolwa. The population of the subdivision as per the 2001 census is 755,871.

Language and culture

Mithila, Maithil and Maithili

The Maithili language is widely spoken in the Mithila region (Darbhanga, Madhubani, Samastipur, Sitamarhi, Saharsa, Begusarai, Muzaffarpur and Purnia district) of Bihar. There is a lot of culture associated with this region: songs like "Bhagvati Song", "Batgavni", "Sohar", dances like Jaat-Jatin and Jhumar, festivals such as Chauthchandra, Ghari puja, Joor Sital and others.

Hindi

Hindi (Devanāgarī: हिन्दी or हिंदी, IAST: Hindī, IPA: [hɪnd̪iː] (help·info)), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is used, along with English, for central government administrative purposes. It is part of a language continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, and Gujarati; on the south by Marathi and Konkani; on the southeast by Oriya; on the east by Bengali; and on the north by Nepali. Villagers mostly talk in hindi.

Urdu

Urdu اردو, trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. It developed under Persian and to a lesser degree Arabic and Turkic influence on apabhramshas during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1526–1858 AD) in South Asia.

Urdu is a standardised register of Hindustani termed khaṛībolī, that emerged as a standard dialect. The grammatical description in this article concerns this standard Urdū. In general, the term "Urdū" can encompass dialects of Hindustani other than the standardised versions.

Standard Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of native speakers, among all languages.

Urdu is often contrasted with Hindi, another standardised form of Hindustani. The main differences between the two are that Standard Urdu is conventionally written in Nastaliq calligraphy style of the Perso-Arabic script and draws vocabulary more heavily from Persian and Arabic than Hindi, while Standard Hindi is conventionally written in Devanāgarī and draws vocabulary from Sanskrit comparatively more heavily. Linguists nonetheless consider Urdu and Hindi to be two standardized forms of the same language.

Castes

Supaul Bazar is the home of castes such as Muslim, Brahmin, Rajput, Kayasth, Dhanuk, Badhay (carpenter), Khatvay, Nai, Dhobi, Kumhar, Yadav. They are very cooperative to each other. They are humble.

Festivals

Eid ul-Fitr , often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fiṭr means "to break the fast" (and can also mean "nature", from the word "fitrah") and so symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period.

On the day of the celebration, Muslim family of the village awakes very early, does the first everyday prayer, and is required [citation needed] to eat a little, symbolizing the end of Ramadan. They then attend special congregational prayers held at eid-gaah in Shaikpura . The prayer is generally short and is followed by a sermon (khuṭba). Worshippers greet and embrace each other with hugs in a spirit of peace and love after the congregational prayer. After the special prayers, festivities and merriment are commonly observed with visits to the homes of relatives and friends to thank God for all blessings.

Eid ul-Fitr is a joyous occasion with important religious significance, celebrating the achievement of enhanced piety. It is a day of forgiveness, moral victory, peace of congregation, fellowship, brotherhood and unity. Muslims celebrate not only the end of all that fasting but also thank God for the help and strength that all of us believe he gave them through the previous month to help everyone practice self-control. It is a time of giving and sharing, and many Muslims dress in holiday attire.

Eid al-Adha is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims and Druze worldwide as a commemoration of Ibrahim's (Abraham's) willingness to sacrifice his son, as commanded by Allah. (Muslim tradition names Ishmael as the son who was to be sacrificed, whereas the Judeo-Christian tradition names Isaac.) It is one of two Eid festivals celebrated by Muslims, whose basis comes from the Quran. Like Eid el-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha begins with a short prayer followed by a sermon (khuṭba). It is also called the "bigger" Eid because it is considered more important than Eid el-Fitr.

MakarSankranti: This festival takes place on the 14th or 15th of January. On the eve of this festival, people of the village take a holy bath in the pond in the winter morning. After that, they light a fire to warm themselves. The children enjoy eating a special breakfast in front of the fire. The morning breakfast on the day of "Makarsankrati" includes sweets made from parched rice, flattened rice, tilkut, sugarcane, dahi (curd or yogurt) and more. Women perform puja in their homes and distribute "Prasaad" among the children and other members of their family. "Khichri" is a very important dish on this day.

Holi: On the eve of the festival people enjoy different colour and gulal. The way of playing Holi in the village is somewhat different from its neighbouring area. Villagers first play Holi only with colour from 8am to 1pm. After 1pm, they play only gulal till 8pm. Villagers shake hands with each other and take blessings from the elders during gulal spraying.

Vaisakhi or Joor Sital: This festival always falls on April 14 just after Amavasaya (New Moon) of the Chaitra month, and it marks the beginning of the new year. The Amavasaya of Chaitra month is the last day of the Hindu year. The next day marks the beginning of the new year according to the Hindu calendar. People of the village know this festival as Joor Sital. On the day of the Joor Sital, every elder of each family gets up early in the morning. They give blessings to every younger one. The way of blessing is taking water ("Jal") in a bended palm leaf ("Htheli") and placing their palm on the head of younger ones at least three or five times. People perform puja at home in a mango garden. They offer Baasi (cooked food in night), Vari and Rice to God. Every child pours water onto the dry land. They irrigate all plants and trees in their own garden.

Chhath: The festival of the Chhath falls on the sixth day of the Hindu month of Kartik (late October or mid November) in the Hindu lunar calendar every year. The Chhath falls on the month of Kartik, known as Dala Chhath. Another type of Chhath is Chaiti Chhath which falls on the month of Chaitra (late April or mid May). The Dala Chhath is one of the holier festivals for Biharis. The way of celebrating Chhath in the village Goramansingh is almost the same as celebrating Chhath in th rest of Bihar. There are many songs dedicated to the Chhath festival.

Educational Institutes

Janta Kosi Mahavidyalaya: It is the only one college in the subdivision. It is located near the subdivisianal office.

Onkar High School: This school produced a number of doctors, engineers, software personnel, journalist etc. Dr. Inamul Haque, son of Haji Abdul Qadir Ansari passed out from this school in 1988. He is working as a scientist in USA. Rakesh kumar Karna is another jem of this School who is an IT professional in USA. Dr. Anjum Parvez is one of the products of this school. Mohd Shahid parwez "Jugnu" who passed the school in 1989 is working as a SEO in a IT form.Shah Alam "Ujala" who passed the school in 1999 is working in a reputed Media form. Yet another product Iftekharul Haque "chand", the youngest son of Haji Abdul Qadir Ansari is working as software engineer in a Singapore based IT company at Chandigarh.

Middle School: It is located near Durga Sthan.

Universal Public School: It is run by a private organization Abdul Qadir Educational Trust. It was founded in 1997 by Haji Abdul Qadir Ansari, a very respected citizen of this village. Mr. Ehsanul Haque is the managing director of this school. Its founder students are: Wasiur-Rahman, Kumar Balram, Jay Prakash, Nilufar, Ratna, Neha, Rizwan and Abdullah. Universal Public School is a very popular institution among children and their parents.

Madarsa Rahmania. Madrasa Rahmania is one of the best islamic school in Mithilanchal area. It was founded in 900 AD. It has a lead role in the area for education particularly islamic teachings and faith,and introducre to arabic culture and civilization with islamic rituals.The graduates of madrasa are serving in India and abroad.Faiyaz Ahamd Rahmani is one of the prodcucts.

Amusement place

Cinema Halls: There are two cinema halls namely, Prasad Takies and Suraj Talkies.

Khora Gaachhi Maidan: It is located south of Omkar High School. All the tournaments either cricket or football are played here.Every year cricket turnament is organized under the guidence ship of great Ganesh Jha who is also Secreatry of Biroul Cricket Club Biroul. BCC won the lot of rural cricket tournament under the several captain like Guatum kumar sengupta, Uttam kumar sengupta , Ajay Biroulia and many more. The Golden time of this club was 1988-1996.

Nawab Sporting Club Akbarpur Benk :-- Its currently running Under the guidenship of Nizamur Rehman" chand".Who played several match wining innings for BCC.

Wildlife

Many migratory birds land in marshes around the village from December to March. These birds originate from Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Tibet, China, Siberia and Mongolia. Important migratory birds seen in the village include:

*"Local Name:" Lalshar, Dighouch, Mail, Nakta, Silli, Adhani, Harial, Chaha, Karan, Ratwa, Gaiber

*"Biological Names:" Dalmatian Pelican, Indian Darter Bar-headed Goose, White-winged Wood Duck, Marbled Duck, Baer's Pochard, Siberian Crane, Indian Skimmer and Oriental Goosander.