What are the holiday traditions of Indians

Indian festivals: Holidays in India are numerous in name but vary from place to place. There are national and regional, political and folkloric, but more religious and rich in national colors. National Holidays National Holidays National Holidays National Holidays National Holidays:

? New Year's Day January 1

? National Day January 26

? Independence Day August 15

? Gandhi's death anniversary January 30

Religious festivals

? Hindu Festival of Lights October-November

? Hindu Festival of Ten Saints September-October

? Hindu festival of Tenth Month, May-June

? Eid al-Fitr February

? Islamic Eid al-Fitr April

? Christian Easter April

? Christian Christmas December 25

? Sikh Nanak Jayanti November

? Jain Mahabharata Festival Held every 15 years in March

New Year's Day

January 1, Gregorian calendar. It is a worldwide festival and thus India is no exception. The beginning of the New Year is celebrated in every household. The only thing is that the Indians seem to add a little national characteristics to the form, that is, in each other's New Year's greetings, to friends and relatives in the forehead in the middle of a red dot, to show good luck National Day National Day National Day National Day National Day National Day January 26th on the Gregorian calendar. 1929, India's oldest political party, the Congress Party, passed a decision at its annual meeting, which stipulated that January 26th, 1930, as the Independence Day. Since then, the holiday has been observed every year, and on August 15, 1947, when India declared its independence, January 26 was officially designated as a national holiday. January 26, 1950, India promulgated the *** and state constitution, January 26 has a more significant meaning. Every year on January 26, the Indian government will hold a powerful parade in the square in front of the presidential palace.

Gandhi Memorial Day

January 30, 1948 calendar. January 30, 1948, the great leader of the Indian independence movement, the contemporary Indian father of the nation Gandhi assassinated. Since then, this day has become a day to visit Gandhi's tomb and honor his great personality.

Saraswati

Generally celebrated between January and February in the Gregorian calendar, this is a Hindu festival. During this period, Hindus honor Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge.

Sprinkling Festival

It is a Hindu festival and a major national festival during the months of February and March in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is derived from the Hindu epic Mahabharata, details of which are given below.

Eid al-Fitr

Around February in the Gregorian calendar, it is a Muslim holiday. It is no different from the Muslim Eid al-Fitr in the rest of the world. Before Eid al-Fitr, Muslims fast for a month and are not allowed to eat during the day, and on Eid al-Fitr, Muslims go to the mosque to worship, and then slaughter the animals and set up a feast to celebrate.

Harvest Festival

Also known as the "Pongal Festival", in the calendar around mid-March, prevalent in South India. During the festival, every house should be cleaned, people should be dressed up, and sweet milk and rice porridge should be cooked to honor the sun god, and then the whole family should share the food. Married daughters should go back to their parents' home to reunite. People also want to hold ceremonies to honor the cow, give the cow a bath, dyeing cow horns, good food to wait for the cow, cattle parade or organize cattle races, and so on.