To break this stigma surrounding around menstruation, a Delhi-based NGO named ‘Sachi Saheli’ organized a ‘Period Feast’ or ‘Mahwari Mahabhoj’ on February 23 with 28 menstruating women cooking and serving foods to over 300 attendees.
The ‘Period Feast’ was arranged to break these kinds of stigmas to stand for women’s dignity. This lunch was aimed to bring all the traditions related to menstruation to put an end and to protest against the negativity propagated surrounding menstruation.
A media reported quoted one of the women from the cooking group said that she is a proud menstruating woman. The program also involved a street play to showcase the superstitions associated with menstruation through performance.
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Deputy Chief Minister of New Delhi, Manish Sisodia was the chief guest of this program. He said that there is nothing pure or impure about menstruation in this science-based age. This natural and biological process and should be taken normally.
#periodfeast begins. we are happy to see women standing for their Dignity. Sharing some glimpse of #mahavaribhoj preparations. #menstruation #pushthestigmaaway #महावरी_भोज. Lets eliminate this #myth together. pic.twitter.com/8xq564s4uc
— SACHHI SAHELI (@SachhiSaheli) February 23, 2020
For the uninitiated, this move comes out after a Gujarat priest’ statement on menstruating women said that spiritual texts mentioned: “A menstruating woman who cooks food for her husband will certainly be reborn as a ‘kutri’ (bitch).”
Also, Earlier, 68 students of Shri Sahajanand Girls’ Institute in Bhuj were asked to prove themselves that they are not menstruating after the hostel warden complained to have seen two girls entering the kitchen on their periods.
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