Folk Festivals

Folk festivals are markers of cultural assimilation uniting various components of the traditional expressions found in a community. The festivals reflect the diverse constituents of social folk customs revering nature, continuing social traditions, and commemorating ancestors and deities. They are the periodic celebrations where the communities interact ceremonially in the festivities.

Celebrating Nature Social Traditions Honouring Deities

Social Traditions

There are several other regional festivals that focus on worshipping nature. Folk festivals take the initiative and give expression to their natural tendencies through various festivals commemorating spring, harvest, etc. The roots of celebrating the nature is intricate in all regions and it emphasises on living in harmony with the nature.

ONAM

Onam is an annual Malayali Hindu harvest festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala.

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POLA

A thanksgiving festival celebrated by farmers to acknowledge the importance of bulls and oxen. thanksgiving festival

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