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.