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Dussehra Festival, Kota :- Ten days of battle between
Lord Rama and King Ravana, are celebrated throughout India, with
theatrical enactments of the dramatic encounter. On the
vanquished Ravana and his brother Kumbhkarna and Meghnad, made
of paper and bamboo and stuffed with fire-crackers, are set
alight. The worship of weapons during this festival was
essential for the martial Rajput race. In some places a goat is
sacrificed in order to propitiate Kali, the goddess of
destruction and war.
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