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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