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Baneshwar Fair,
Dungarpur |
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Camel Festival, Bikaner |
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Chandrabhaga Fair, Jhalawar |
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Desert Festival,
Jaisalmer |
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Elephant Festival, Jaipur |
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Gangaur Festival,
Jaipur |
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Kailadevi Fair, Karauli |
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Kite Festival, Jaipur |
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Kumbhalgarh
Festival, Kumbhalgarh |
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Marwar Festival,
Jodhpur |
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Mewar Festival,
Udaipur |
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Nagaur Fair, Nagaur |
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Pushkar Fair, Pushkar |
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Shekhawati Fair, Shekhawati. |
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Summer Festival, Mount
Abu |
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Teej Festival, Jaipur |
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Urs,
Ajmer |
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Winter Festival, Mount Abu |
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| Desert Festival |
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Location:
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Significance :
To display the glory of the desert land.
Time of Celebration :
For three days in January or February every year,
culminating on 'Purnima' (full moon day).
 Once a year in winters and on the middle of the continually rising and falling stark yellow sands of the great Thar Desert, the empty sands around Jaisalmer come alive with the brilliant colour, music and laughter of the Desert Festival. The festival is organised by the tourist authorities as tourist entertainment around January-February.
The very rich and colourful Rajasthani folk culture is on show here for a few days. Rajasthani men and tall beautiful women dressed in their brightly costumes dance and sing lingering ballads of valour, romance and tragedy. Traditional musicians attempt to outdo each other in their musical superiority.
The high points of the festival are - snake charmers, puppeteers, acrobats, folk performers do rapid trade. Camels, the lifeline of the
desert, play a foremost role. Proud moustached villagers, dressed in their ethnic best come astride their picturesquely caparisoned camels to join in the camel dances and competitions of camel acrobatics, camel races and décor, camel polo, tug of war and the like.
The tourist dances, turban tying competitions and tug of war are big draws and laughter. The Mr Desert competitions, which are focused around the length of moustaches by and large, attract many hopefuls.
Rajasthan
Fair and Festivals
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Rajasthan - Monuments,Forts,Palces and Havelis
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