28-09-2012, 12:54 PM
NAMES OF FESTIVALS IN INDIA
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HAPPY HOLI
Dol the great Indian festival of colors, is a unique celebration of high spirits, when the new season is courted with a riot of rich colors.
Celebrating the mood of nature with a range of colors .
The spirit of celebration is to showcase the shifting panorama of life, of sights, movement of feelings. And the color symbolizes the energy, the vivid, passionate pulse of life signifying vitality.
NABABARSHA(BENGALI NEW YEAR)
As the month of Baishakh is the first month of the Bengali year, Nababarsha or Bengali New Year is on the first day of Baishak. On this day in many houses Goddess Lakshmi and God Ganesh are worshipped.
People eat different exotic food items like- sweets, meat, fried rice, different fishes cooked in different ways.
DURGA PUJA
Durga Puja is the greatest festival of the Bengalis.
It is mainly celebrated in WestBengal in the month of October. It is also celebrated throughout India and all over the World.
It is said that Goddess Durga comes down to earth with her four children – Lord Ganesha , Devi Laxmi, Devi Saraswati and Lord Kartik.
After four days of enjoyment the idols are immersed into the Ganga river on BIJOYA DASHMI.
Married women take part in “SINDUR KHELA”.
People embrace each other , younger ones touch the feet of their elders and all the people share sweets among themselves saying – “SHUBHO BIJOYA”.
We all wait for another Durga Puja next year.
DIWALI
Diwali is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm by bursting crackers.
People light diyas, exchange greetings and sweets on this day
ID-UL-FITR
Id-Ul-Fitr festival or Eid-Ul-Fitr festival, commonly known as Eid is the most important Occasions of Islamic calendar. Id ul Fitr festival is celebrated by Muslim community all over the world with great devotion and joviality. Eid ul Fitr festival denotes the end of 'Ramadan', the month of fasting and beginning of the new month namely 'Shawwal'
BHAI PHONTA
The festival of Bhai Dooj or Bhaubeej is popularly known as Bhai-phota (or Bhai phonta) among Bengalis. Just as Bhaidooj celebrations in rest of India, Bhai-phota falls on the last day of five-day-long Diwali festival, on the second day of Diwali. This is the second day of the bright fortnight or Shukla Paksha of Hindu month of Kartika. On Bhaubeej, sisters pray for their brothers to have long and happy lives by performing the Teeka ceremony. Brothers give their sisters gifts.
Saraswati Puja
Saraswati Puja is one of the most devotional festivals of West Bengal.
People worship Saraswati (Goddess of learning) during this time .
This festival is celebrated in all schools and colleges and the youth can be seen participating in the puja with much enthusiasm .
It is also marked as the day of eating plums.