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.
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.