Fairs and Festivals of Rajasthan reflects the vigour and life style of its people. Vibrant colours, music and festivities make the golden sands come alive. Veiled, bejeweled women sing and dance to devotional rhythms. Itinerant bards render ballads of valour of the heroes of yore. Alongside, brisk trading of consumer goods, cattle and grain is carried on. Nomadic tribes and traditional entertainers- minstrels, jugglers, puppeteers and performers come together at these fairs seeking livelihood. Rajasthan has a fair for every religious occasion, for every change of season and for every harvest. In fact, anytime of the year is festival time in Rajasthan. The festivities are marked by folk dances and music played on a variety of locally made instruments. All the fairs & festivals are widely attended by people from all over the world & all walks of life. Celebrations in Rajasthan range from the religious to the popular, linked with commerce, as in the case of the camel and cattle fairs. In more recent times. the tourism industry too has initiated a number of tourist fairs in an attempt to showcase the life, culture, traditions & performing arts of Rajasthan. There is no region in Rajasthan without its cattle fairs. Nagaur, Merta, Tilwara, Parbatsar. Jhalarpatan, Gogamedi and Pushkar are full of colour and gaiety. These are held each year on certain fixed dates of the lunar calendar, which have specific religious significance. These activities sat the fair are diverse: livestock is sold, village produce and handicrafts find a ready market and even matches are arranged for eligible boys and girls by the kinfolk gathered together. With nightfall, comes singing & dancing and a variety of entertainment.