SATON AATO
Saton aato is a festival of Pithoragarh,celebrated in Bhadrapad [August-September].This festival is also celebrated as the wedding ceremony of [Maheshwara] Shiva and Parvati.It is believed that on this day Goddess Parvati comes to her parents home on sathon and Lord Shiva comes to take her on aatho.Himalayas are the believed to be the parents house of Goodess Parvati.It is a festival of monsoon in which women wish everyone for their unbroken good luck,fast and worship Parvati and Maheshwara. In this festival,different types of songs are sung for the worship. This festival is started in Bhadrapad month's shuklapaksh or krishnapaksh's panchmi, also known as BERODA PANCHMI . Krishnapaksh's saatho-aatho is called Boodigamara and Shuklapaksh's saatho-aatho is called Bhaaligamara.The newly wed starts this vrat festival from Shuklapaksh's beroda panchmi.On this day, all the villagers clean the [copper,bronze or brass] utensil and then with cowdung cake five shapes are made