Article- 'Festivals of India'.
India is a land of diversity. One way in which it makes us feel proud of it is the number of festivals we enjoy. Write an article on 'Festivals of India'. You are Karuna/Karan.
Festivals of India are periods of celebration, playing an important role in the life of Indian people. When religion intervened to invest the festivals with spiritual meaning, this joy came to be identified with the joy of worship. The festivals are still associated with religion as well as participation in productive activities and with the seasons of the year. The harvesting festivals, the spring festivals, the sowing festivals during the rainy season etc are all associated with man's relation with nature. Even our Durga Puja and Diwali are autumn festivals. The festival of lights welcomes the winter or harvesting season. The festivals have their roots in the age-old folk-traditions and the impulses of the common man. Of course, as in primitive society, social relations corresponded simply with forces of production; the festivals reveal the harmony of community living without any barriers. The regional festivals differ from one state to another. The manners in which they are observed and celebrated are also different. But even though the festivals today have lost much of their significance in modern times, they still have a definite role to play in keeping off the forces of disintegration in our society today.