Culture of Mithila Region

In broad Sense, Maithil Culture is said to be originated in Janakpur of Nepal. Janakpur was the capital of Ancient Mithila. Maithil Culture is probably the only culture in South Asia which is the combination of Ancient Nepalese and Indian Culture as Sita of Nepal and Ram of India were married which showed the influence of Indian culture on Maithil culture although Maithil Culture is said to be of Nepalese origin in Hinduism-epic Ramayana from time to time.

Mithila region broadly comprises the Capital of Mithila known as Janakpur in Present Nepal, Nepalese districts of Sunsari districts of Kosi Zone; Saptari and Siraha districts of Sagarmatha Zone; Dhanusa, Mahottari and Sarlahi districts of Janakpur Zone and adjoining Indian districts of Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Begusarai, Khagaria, Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul, Araria, and Kishanganj in the eastern part of India. ,

Maithili is the mother-tongue of Nepali Maithils and Indian Maithils.[1]

The relationship of Maithili community with Bhojpuri and Magahi communities—the immediate neighbors have been neither very pleasant nor very hostile. The other two (Bhojpuri and Magahi) have given up their claims and accepted the status of dialects of Hindi/URDU. The age old cultural identity of Mithila is Paag. In recent times Save the Paag Campaign has been in limelight. While almost all Nepali Maithils and Indian Maithils have accepted Nepali and Hindi(URDU) respectively as a language of formal occasions, the retention of Maithili for cultural, social, familial as well as literary purposes have also been more or less steady. The trend among the youngest generation to use Maithili in lesser and lesser occasions should be viewed in the context of the same thing happening among Bhojpuri, Magahi, Telugu or Marathi speakers who are tilting towards use of English, Nepali and Hindi rather than their mother tongue language Maithili.

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/maithili_culture.htm
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