The festive season is here! Have your preparations begun? Festivals play an integral part in our lives. They are not just about celebrating happy stories of the past, but also are a reason for the coming together of an entire community and rejoicing an occasion to share joys and laughter. The true essence and celebration of festivals can best be experienced in a diverse country like India. India is a land of great diversity and is home to several religions and regions with people speaking varied languages and following diverse traditions. Here every state has a glorious history of its own. Representing their memorable past, each Indian state has folk dances, songs, festivals and other such joyous celebrations to fill the atmosphere with music, color and happiness.
Festivals act as an occasion to bring warmth and togetherness amongst family, friends and people all around. The Indian calendar has numerous dates marked as the ‘days of celebration’. The list of festivals celebrated in India is never ending. There are festivals for harvesting crops, welcoming seasons and celebrating relationships. With festivals comes the huge amount of planning and preparations that can add to the festivities and help us rejoice the occasion to the fullest! The preparations begin with cleaning and decorating houses, shopping for new clothes to be worn on the auspicious day, exchanging sweets and cookies that are either homemade or bought from reputed sweet shops and the most essential ritual performed on every festival is to offer prayers to the almighty. We thank God for blessing us with such auspicious days to celebrate and share joyous sentiments.
Festivals act as an occasion to bring warmth and togetherness amongst family, friends and people all around. The Indian calendar has numerous dates marked as the ‘days of celebration’. The list of festivals celebrated in India is never ending. There are festivals for harvesting crops, welcoming seasons and celebrating relationships. With festivals comes the huge amount of planning and preparations that can add to the festivities and help us rejoice the occasion to the fullest! The preparations begin with cleaning and decorating houses, shopping for new clothes to be worn on the auspicious day, exchanging sweets and cookies that are either homemade or bought from reputed sweet shops and the most essential ritual performed on every festival is to offer prayers to the almighty. We thank God for blessing us with such auspicious days to celebrate and share joyous sentiments.
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