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Jaipur: It’s all over, folks. The season for being jolly and full and drunk is behind us for another festivals.But let’s not tighten our belts just yet. This is not the season for self-restraint. Oh no. This is, in fact, the season for spending lots on merry-making.Holi and the elephant festival is not the end of Jaipur’s culture .The Gangaur Festival is celebrated throughout Rajasthan with great enthusiasm but the celebrations in Jaipur and Udaipur have their own special charisma. Gangaur festival which approaches during the month of March - April is popular among women who pray to the goddess Parvati. A parade of caparisoned horses and elephants accompanying the image of Lord Shiva is the foremost magnetism. In these festivals women carry the idols of goddess Parvati also called Gauri in form of a procession to Gangaur Ghat which is one side of Pichola Lake. Gangaur Festival is one of the local festivals and you know we loved to see the synergy and customs of the state .This festival is dedicated to Gauri, a manifestation of Goddess Parvati; consort of Lord Shiva, which inaugurates on the first day of Chaitra, the day following Holi and lasts for eighteen day. It is intentionally celebrated by women and girls of all seasons. This festival is celebrated through out the city in a great gusto. There wouldn't be a better time to travel to Rajasthan than during festival time. This is also an auspicious time for young people to select their life partners. The festival is also celebrated with great pomp and show in Bikaner, Jodhpur, Marathwara and Jaisalmer. It’s not only celebrated at Jaipur but also in the parts of Udaipur. Let me tell my readers that a boat procession is taken out on the Pichola Lake in Udaipur. Women balancing several brass pitchers on their heads add to the gaiety of the Udaipur celebrations. During this fiesta thousands of people from the countryside comes to take part in the parade of Gangaur, which goes around from rural community of the villages. It was aghast to know that the Tribal men and women get the opportunity to meet and interact freely and during this time, they select partners and elope to marry. This is something new that we have learnt during our vacation. Now if you want to get married this place is an unusual, romantic custom authorized by the community where one can find there life Partners and start a new life. Therefore I neatly sum up my blog saying that do embark on a Rajasthan tour to experience a world of colors and festivities.
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Jaipur: Good’ day to everybody from India. In my last blog, I mentioned about festivals of jaipur but haven’t portrayed them more elaborately. Today, let us know Jaipur better and its Fairs and Festivals with a different perspective. It has been a long time when I went to Jaipur but this time holi is round the corner and I know a lot is going to happen at Rajasthan. Jaipur is the hottest city in India which has spectacular places around where one can have fun time and pleasure. It is wonderful feeling when the time of holi hops into the country with lots of colors and changes the color of the seasons. The Elephant Festival is a unique event held once a year in Jaipur. These spruced impeccably, chain of elephants do a catwalk before spellbound spectators which looks that ramp models are there to do live performances and swear it looks just amazing. The elephants move about with poise in pageant, run races, play the imperial game of polo, and conclude by participating in the spring festival of Holi. The event is staged at Chaugan in Jaipur where elephant display their long trunks during the Festival to attract attention. There are dancers, musicians and a great integer of bystanders who come there to view this grand event. Moreover, the elephants are painted and roofed with richly embroidered velvets which look awesome and attractive on this giant animal. There are deadly and fierce elephant fights. It is astonishing that only female elephants participate in this celebration. The parade is escorted by the resonance of trumpets to divert the attention of all the spectators. There are lancers on horses, chariots, camels, cannons and palanquins lending their own splendor to it. There are beauty pageants for the elephants in which mostly female elephants participate and are groomed industriously by their 'mahouts' (elephant keepers) for that very purpose. Their trunks, foreheads and feet are painted with floral motifs and trinkets are attached to them from tusk to tail. At the end of the day, a winner is declared. The highlight of the festival is the game of polo forms where elephants compete with each other wearing saffron and red turbans to score goals with long sticks and a plastic football. The mahout’s i.e. the elephant keepers take great care to decorate the elephants painting their trunks, foreheads, and feet with flower-patterned design and embellish them from tusk to tail with attractive charms. Female elephants wear anklets with and make music as they walk. The game of polo forms the highlight of the festival. Finally, the tourists are invited to mount the elephants and play Holi. Participants dance with great vigor and the enthusiasm rising to a climax.
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Jaipur: Festivals are the time when one wants to get new life and enjoy the time with full energy and light. Festivals are the occasion when different shades of color add a new taste to create a new life for us. This is how the aesthetic festivals of Jaipur add life to our busy life. The splendid city commemorates each festival with complete zest and zeal. There are numerous festivals, which the city observes like any other part of the country.Nevertheless, the city has a good time with some bizarre and fascinating fairs & festivals in their own fashion. Jaipur’s Fairs and Festivals join at the hip factor of the enriching distinctiveness of the city. The energetic capital seems to be more effervescent throughout the gala. If you want to discover the ethnicity of Jaipur, festive season is the moment in time to break through the city. It is for sure that Jaipur epitomizes this very idea of living life to the hilt. There are varieties of festivals like Gangaur Festival, Kite Festival, Teej Festival, Elephant Festival, Dussehra, Diwali etc. Amongst all the festivals Elephant festival is held on the calendar day of Holi, the festival of colors, at the Chaughan stadium which is round the corner. Magnificently ornamented elephants accumulate to play a part in the regal convoy. Elephant polo, elephant race, elephant tug-of-war with a few tourist and holi on elephant back are some of the exciting events during the fiesta. That’s not all there are plenty of merry-making during that gala time.
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