Ritual Raacho Dance to Prevent Harm from the Village
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I am Muhammad Shafi from Jalalabad. It has been 55 years since I came here to Barmas, and I have been living here ever since.
In the old days, we had a tradition called raacho, in which we would play the drum for a man dance. We performed this ritual to prevent any harm from coming to the area and to ward off calamities. The day before, the boys would go and bring juniper and place it on a large rock. Then everyone would bring a mixture of different fruits ushaar from their homes and gather it in one place. One person would play the drum, and all others would dance together. After finishing this gathering, people would distribute the ushaar among the participants, and everyone would eat it. The next day, a spiritual healer danyal would come from the lower village, dancing all the way to the raacho rock and people would bring a sheep to be sacrificed. They would dance and sing, and everyone would enjoy. After that, they would place a target at a distance and shoot at it. Whoever hit the target would receive two portions of meat, and everyone else would get one portion each. One time, one of our relatives hit the target but refused to take the two portions. After completing this ritual, everyone would return to their homes.
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