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People have got things to say about how Holi is celebrated in Delhi. An interview with different individuals on the streets of Delhi reveals personal preferences of the way the festival is celebrated.

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The Indian Jagannath Rath Yatra in Delhi where a giant chariot is pulled by people on the streets.

Maharashtra·festival · dance

Bollywood actress, Meenakshi Sheshadri performs a solo piece of Bharatanatyam at the stage in Pune Festival, 1993, followed by famous Bollywood actress, Hema Malini who performs a duet in Bharatnatyam as well.

ceremony · festival

Award ceremony of the Paryatan Parv festival in Delhi underway at Rajpath Lawns in New Delhi.

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Devotees throng in thousands inside a maidan to celebrate Dussehra. Dussehra is a major festival for Hindus in India.

dance · festival

Small children perform Bihu Dance at a festival venue in Assam. This is followed by young men who display their acrobatic skills while playing the traditional dhol, throwing in an element of entertainment and tamasha for a popular audience.…

dance · festival

Young Assamese men and women perform Bihu Dance at a festival in Assam. They are clad in traditional Assamese clothing which is woven by weavers from the region itself.

music · festival

Seng Khasi followers take a procession out in the streets of Shillong, with traditional Khasi costumes and music. This cultural festival is celebrated by followers of the cultural group Seng Khasi.

Maharashtra·festival

The Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with pomp as the Pune Festival in India's Maharashtra state.

festival · dance

'Perak' is the headgear worn by some women from the Ladakh region during their cultural festival and religious events. Adorned with semi-precious stones like lapis lazuli and turquoise, the perak seems to resemble ears of an elephant.

Leh, Ladakh·festival · dance

Women perform a folk dance from the Leh and Ladakh region of North India. Their costume is unique as they wear animal fur, mostly yak hair along with which they wear their traditional headgear called 'Perak'.

Maharashtra·festival

Celebration of Pune Festival in 1993. On the inauguration ceremony, the festival was attended by a lot of famous personalities and VIPs. In the video we recognise a few faces.

Ladakh·festival · ceremony

The points headgear worn by these men are worn during the marriage ceremony or during a traditional or a welcome occasion when a high order of respect needs to be shown.

Maharashtra·dance · festival

From folk dance performances of Maharashtra to acrobats breaking coconuts on their partner's head with a stick. The fishermen community performs the 'Machwara' dance. The Punjabis perform 'Bhangra'.

Maharashtra·festival · dance

Pune festival is held between August and September during Ganesh Mahotsav. It is the biggest festival in Pune.

Maharashtra·festival

Om Puri, Nandita Puri, Gulzar, Amol Palekar, Farida Jalal, Shabana Azmi, Amrish Puri attend the annual International Film Festival in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Maharashtra·festival

Some of the greatest athletes the world has ever known were present at the Pune festival in 1994, including the steeplechase world record holder Moses Kiptanui of Kenya and sprint queen Merlin Ottey.

Maharashtra·festival

Actress Lubna Salim attends Prithvi Theater Festival in Mumbai. She participates in a play 'Mera Kuch Saman'. She talks about her play - She says "Its a very simple story, a very normal man -woman relationship in an extra marital affair.

festival · ceremony

Buddhist monks chant and play instruments like Tibetan chod Damru and Tibetan bell with Dorje, during the Naropa festival 2018 in Hemis, Ladakh. Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India.

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Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

festival · village

The contrasting colors of the Naropa stupa and the world's largest thangka at Hemis village in the cold dry desert of Ladakh during the Naropa festival in 2018. Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India .

village · festival

Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

festival · ceremony

Naro Photang or the Naropa Stupa being visited by Buddhist devotees during the Naropa 2018 festival. Beside the Stupa is the latest revealed world's largest Thangka of Buddha Amitabha.