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Spectrum Chart - 229 : Festivals Of India 2
1. Navratri – Navratri is a festival
dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri
means 'nine nights'. During Navratri festival, in most of the cities
of Gujarat & West India people gather and perform Dandiya &
Garba dance. Garba is performed before Aarti as devotional
performances in the honour of the Goddess, while Dandiya is performed
after Aarti.
2. Sankranti - On the day of Sankranti,
people worship the Sun God. This festival is marked with prosperity
and abundance. On this day, freshly harvested cereals and foods are
cooked.
3. Guru Nanak Jayanti - Guru Nanak Jayanti
is celebrated by the Sikh community all over the world and is one of
the most important festivals in the Sikh calendar. His birth is
celebrated on Kartik Poornima, the full moon day in the month of
Kartik. The day prior to the birthday, a procession, referred to as
Nagarkirtan, is organised. This procession is led by the Panj Pyaras.
They head the procession carrying the Sikh flag, known as the Nishan
Sahib and the Palki of Guru Granth Sahib.
4. Raksha Bandhan - The beautiful relation
of a brother and a sister is celebrated in the festival of Raksha
Bandhan. Traditionally, girls tie a string of thread on the wrist of
her brother. This thread of love reminds the brother of his
responsibility to always take care, support and protect his sister
under all circumstances.
5. Republic Day - Republic Day honours the
date on which the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January
1950. It is one of three national holidays in India, the other two
being Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti. Republic Day parade is
held in the capital, New Delhi. Commencing from the gates of the
Rashtrapati Bhavan, Raisina Hill on Rajpath past the India Gate, this
event is the main attraction of India's Republic Day Celebrations
lasting 3 days. The parade showcases India's Defence Capability,
Cultural and Social Heritage.
6. Dussera - People celebrate Dussera
festival to mark the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana. It signifies
the victory of good over the evil. People go to see the famous folk
play of Ram Leela. The story of Lord Rama is shown in the play. It is
a great time to enjoy and take inspiration from virtuous acts of
Rama.
7. Buddha Purnima - Buddha Purnima
celebrated actually for the eve of birth, enlightenment and passing
into nirvana of Gautama Buddha. It is observed every year generally
in between the month of April and May.
8. Christmas - Christmas is celebrated
every year on 25th December on the eve of birth
anniversary of Jesus Christ. This is one of the most sacred festivals
for Christians as they believe Jesus Christ to be the son of God. It
is believed that on this day a man in red dress named Santa Clause
comes to help the needy one and brings gifts for the loved ones.
9. Onam – Onam is a Hindu festival
celebrated in Kerala, India. It is also the state festival of Kerala.
In Kerala, it is the festival celebrated with most number of cultural
elements such as Vallam Kali, Pulikali, Pookkalam, Onathappan, Thumbi
Thullal, Onavillu, Kazhchakkula, Onapottan, Atthachamayam etc. Onam
is reminiscent of Kerala's agrarian past, as it is considered to be a
harvest festival.
10. Lohri – Lohri is a popular Punjabi
festival, celebrated by people from the Punjab region. Lohri is
traditionally associated with the harvest of the rabi crops. Singing
and dancing form an intrinsic part of the celebrations. People wear
their brightest clothes and come to dance the bhangra and gidda to
the beat of the dhol. Punjabi songs are sung, and everybody rejoices.
11. Karva Chauth - Karva Chauth is a
one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women in North India in which
married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and
longevity of their husbands. The festival falls on the fourth day
after the full moon, in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik.
12. Kumbh Mela - Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu
pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bath in a sacred river.
Traditionally, four fairs are widely recognized as the Kumbh Melas,
the Haridwar Kumbh Mela, the Allahabad Kumbh Mela, the
Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha and the Ujjain Simhastha. At any given
place, the Kumbh Mela is held once in 12 years. The festival is one
of the largest peaceful gatherings in the world and considered as the
"world's largest congregation of religious pilgrims". An
estimated 120 million people visited Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 in
Allahabad.
13. Pongal - Pongal is a Tamil Hindu
harvest festival. Pongal is one of the most important festivals
celebrated by Tamil people. Pongal is mainly celebrated to convey
appreciation to the Sun God for providing the energy for agriculture.
Part of the celebration is the boiling of the first rice of the
season consecrated to the Sun - the Surya Maangalyam.
14. Eid-Ul-Fitr – Eid Ul Fitr is one of
the major festivals of India for the Muslim community. People dress
up in fineries, attend a special community prayer in the morning,
visit friends, and relatives and exchange sweets. Children are given
idi(money or gift) by elders.
15. Bihu - Bihu denotes a set of three
different cultural festivals of Assam. In a year there are three Bihu
festivals in Assam - in the months of Bohaag (Baisakh, the middle of
April), Maagh (the middle of January), and Kaati (Kartik, the middle
of October). Each Bihu coincides with a distinctive phase in the
farming calendar. Bihu is celebrated in all parts of Assam and by
people belonging to all castes and religions.
16. Mahashivratri - Maha means “great”,
Ratri means “night” and Shiva refers to “Lord Shiva”. The
marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati took place on this day.
There is a tradition of offering a holy bath to the “Shiva Lingam”.
People celebrate this festival by fasting, offering sweets to god,
etc.
17. Nag Panchami - Nag Panchami is a
traditional worship of snakes or serpents observed by Hindus
throughout India. The worship is offered on the fifth day of bright
half of Lunar month of Shravan, according to the Hindu calendar.
18. Ram Navmi - Rama Navami is the
celebration of the birth of Rama. Rama Navami is the day on which
Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, incarnated in
human form in the land of Ayodhya.
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