Jamai Sasthi is celebrated mainly in Bengal by pampering the son-in-law by the in-laws. Jamai’ means son-in-law and ‘Shasti’ is the sixth day in a fortnight in a traditional Hindu calendar.On this day son in laws are invited at the places of their in-laws and treated with maximum honour.
Jamai Sasthi is the day when the mother-in-law pampers her son-in-law no end with delicious traditional foods, sweets along with an assortment of traditional Bengali dishes and fresh ripe fruits of the season especially the Jack fruits and the Mangoes.
It is also the day when the married girl gets ready for the occasional and rare visit to her parents place. These few days she is totally away from her usual household chores and enjoy the time whirling away with her friends and parents.
It falls on the sixth day after amavasya (new moon) in the month of jaishta (June) and for Bengali's it is a very memorable day.A spirit of gaiety hangs around everywhere with the brothers and sisters or cousins trying out all kinds of fun with their married sister and her husband. The whole forenoon is spent in fun, frolic and lots of food.
People wound up their work and head for their sasur bari (in-law's house) with a pot of rosogolla
and other sweets in hand. Not only son-in-laws but women too leave their work to prepare an elaborate meal for their favourite sons-in-law. No so-in-law want to miss this once-in-a-year opportunity of being pampered by their sasurima (mother-in-law).
Jamai Sashti 2011 date is June 7
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