INDIAN FESTIVALS
In India, the celebrations of
fairs and festivals form a wondrous and joyful series of events accompanied with fasts or feasts. There has been a saying prevalent for India that there are more festivals in India than the number of days in a year. That just
makes the life of
people living here joyful, filled with joys and full of life, all year long. The festivals are spread across all of India’s states with all
religions having their own festivals and the people in brotherhood and tied with the thread of being Indian celebrating their
respective festivals with their neighbours, sharing joy and happiness, and in the meanwhile their cultural values.
Some of the important Indian festivals
shared by its countrymen are Baisakhi, Bihu, Goa Carnival, Diwali, Holi, Dusshera, Mahamasthakabhisheka, Good Friday and Id-ul-Fitar. This acts as a great source of energy binding the people together and rejuvenating the tremendous Indian culture. Fairs and festivals in India are great moments of remembrance and birthday commemoration and the worship of the respective deity. People begin to link themselves by ties of shared social and religious beliefs, and that’s what makes India a great place to live in. The beauty of its places, several religions and the most colourful of all its “festivals”, without which the complete picture of India can never be viewed in its entirety.
Published: April 02, 2007
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