5 Rajasthani Fairs And Festivals That You Must Take A Part!

Bright sunlight, spread of vibrant colours, royalness, hospitality, music, dance, feast, celebration all these together defines the essence of Rajasthan. When you look forward for experiencing incredible india, Rajasthan is a state which will be able to give you that perfect feel of incredible India. The state offer a myriad of fairs and festivals that celebrated the true essence of India.

In this post, we will discuss some of the best rajasthani fairs and festivals to enjoy.

1. Teej festival, Jaipur

If you take a 3 days 4 night golden triangle tour, one of your prominent destination would be Jaipur. Jaipur is the capital of state and the flag bearer of royal hospitality, art and culture. Here, you can enjoy one of the big festival meant for married women is Teej. This festival begin colours where the married women observe fasting and apply henna in their palm, dance, sings and get ready in the best of attire. The markets of Jaipur are filled with ladies buying bangles, colourful outfits,jewellery, sweets especially ghewar and malpua. You can also witness a teej procession with decorated idols of Lord shiva and parvati which is taken around the city where people, folk dancers, musicians dance and sing.

2. Rajasthan International folk festival

This is an annual festival of music and art festival meant for the promotion of traditional folk art and music. This festival is celebrated during Sharad Purnima, the time of the bright full moon night of the year. This festival is a unique celebration of India which is celebrated in Jodhpur Mehrangarh Fort. Every year around 200 musicians participate in this global festival, making this music festival a paradise for music enthusiast.

3. Desert festival, Jaisalmer

This is a festival which is organized by Rajasthan Tourism department in the winter month of February. This desert festival greet people with artist clad in bright colours with lively song and dance performances welcome guest from all parts of the world. The desert festival showcase the desert rituals and life, camel races, gymnastic stunts. Several competitions like longest moustache, turban tying, etc to entertain people as well as giving them glimpse of rich rajasthan. You can find lip smacking dishes, desert food which gives you a true essence of Rajasthan.

4. Mewar festival, Udaipur

Mewar festival is really popular. If you take golden triangle tour with Udaipur package, you can easily witness this festivity in the month of spring. People from all across the globe fly down to be part of this festival. The whole Udaipur is decorated with bright colours, lights and their is a sense of joy in the air. People decorate the idol of Isar and Gangaur and carry them throughout the city. Local artist dance and sing around the city and show the glimpse of royal rajasthan.

5. Summer and winter festivals, Mt. Abu

Mt. abu is the only hill station of the state. The summer and winter festivals are conducted every year for three days to show the hospitality of people from the region. This festival is celebrated in the month of May and December. The festival is celebrated with a huge procession around the city with songs and dance performances. This festival attracts a lot of attention from locals as well as foreigners from all across the globe.

These are five festivals and fairs that should be part of your visiting list.