Saturday 20 September 2014

Gujarat in India






This Month I want to take you all to Gujarat in India.
I will start from north Gujarat.
And soon Navratri ( Festival) is coming.
You can see people wearing traditional cloths  and dancing whole night.
Navratri means Nav-Nine and Ratri - Night.
So lets start our tour-
We will Firs see Rann Of Kutch
White sand... 
Local People with Tourist


Sunset


The KIte Festival In Rann of Kutch is amazing. December and January is the best season to be a part of Rann festival.




And Now The Kite Festival Goes on till Night also see the images


Makar Sankranti or Kite fying festival falls every year on 14th January of every year. It is celebrated as uttarayan as the Sun moves towards north. In hindi Uttar means North. Its a state holiday in the states where this festival is celebrated. At times one will not be able to see the sky because sky is full of colourful kites. All the family members of the home are at terrace, their food, hats, juice, chairs, even loud speakers are on the terrace. They Eat together, fly kites and if they cut anyone else's kite, then they scream as they have won the game. Ya its a sort of game.
They bring thousands of kite day before uttarayan, they clean up the terrace, arrange for loud speakers, and new dresses. Women of the houses prepare special foods for the day like chikki or sesame bar, and much more. Women also actively take part in this festival.
As the climate is not too hot, nor too cold, so many fruits of the season are also available. Its picnic at our own terrace.
We can hear lots of noise, music, and laughter. Everybody is enjoying, playing, and having fun. Even if anybody loses his or her kite then also they are happy and celebrating the festival.

I don't know whether it has any history related story or not, but what I come to know was it is celebrated for togetherness. Some part of the country it is celebrated as the harvesting festival. But here we are taking about Gujarat. So it is celebrated for peoples love and to have fun.
Even at night the dark night also get some more manmade stars to it. The night kites from all over makes sky looks so amazing, you don't want to even blink your eyes for a moment.
So the best time to visit Uttarayan is 14th jan of every year.