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Festivals in Jamnagar symbolize people's cultural, social and religious
aspirations for fuller and better life. Festivals like Diwali, Navratri,
Makkar Sankrati (Kite Festival), Janmashtami and Holi are the most
notable festivals. Other festivals like Ramnavami, Mahashivaratri,
Mahavir Jayanti and Paryushana are also celebrated in a big way.
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Navaratri
is a nine nights of music and dancing festivity around the
idol of mother Goddess Amba. Both male and female congregate
in public to perform dance called Garba and Ras. It begins
on the 1st day of Ashwin, of the bright fortnight. Dandiya
and garba dances are the chief attractions. On the 10th
day, is Dussehra, which celebrates the victory of Lord Rama
over Ravan. (Sept/Oct) )
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Diwali
is a four day festival of the Hindu New Year, beginning
with Laxmi-puja. Diwali celebrations are accompanied by
fire-crackers and sweets. Every home is illuminated and
decorated.
On
14th January the day when Sun enters the tropic of Cancer,
Makkar Sankrati festival is observed. On this day young
and old fly kites from every imaginable place.This is true
for other places in Gujarat but Jamnagar is an exception.
Holi is the festival of spring, observed on the full moon
day of the month of Falgun as per Hindu calendar (March/April).
It is a festival of colour when people smear and spray colour
on their near and dear ones.
Janmasthami
is celebrated as the Birthday of Lord Krishna, the re-incarnation
of Lord Vishnu, Rass Garba, which is a song and dance performance,
is enacted on that day. Janmashtami is celebrated in a big
way in Saurashtra (also all over India) on the twenty-third
day in the month of Shravan as per Hindu calender (August/September).
This day is celebrated in honour of Lord Krishna, being
his birthday.The Janmashtami fair is held at Jamnagar, Dwarka,
Beyt, and the Ramdev Pir fair at Vodisang in Kalavad taluka.
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fairs in Gujarat are generally associated with some deities
and religious observances. Most of the fairs are held on river
banks, hill sides, seashores or pilgrim centres. The fair
held at Tarnetar in Surendranagar district is perhaps the
best that Gujarat has to offer. It is held in winter. Other
fairs at Vautha, Chandod, Shuklatirth and Shamlaji are also
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