Dol is a spring festival
• It is celebrated in the month of
Phalguna, (March) as the lunar
month is locally known .
IT IS A FESTIVAL OF COLORS
Despite being a Hindu festival, it
is now regarded as a secular
event.
 Dol the great Indian festival of colors, is a
unique celebration of high spirits, when the
new season is courted with a riot of rich
colors.
 Celebrating the mood of nature with a range
of colors .
 The spirit of celebration is to showcase the
shifting panorama of life, of sights, movement
of feelings. And the color symbolizes the
energy, the vivid, passionate pulse of life
signifying vitality.
NABABARSHA
(BENGALI NEW YEAR)
As the month of Baishakh is the first month of the
Bengali year, Nababarsha or Bengali New Year is on
the first day of Baishak. On this day in many houses
Goddess Lakshmi and God Ganesh are worshipped.
People eat different exotic food
items like- sweets, meat, fried rice,
different fishes cooked in different
ways.
DURGA PUJA
• Durga Puja is the
greatest festival of the
Bengalis.
• It is mainly celebrated in
WestBengal in the month
of October. It is also
celebrated throughout
India and all over the
World.
• It is said that Goddess
Durga comes down to
earth with her four
children – Lord Ganesha ,
Devi Laxmi, Devi
Saraswati and Lord Kartik.
DURGA PUJA
•Goddess Durga has ten hands
with ten different weapons to
kill the demon – Mahisasura.
•People pray for four days
offering prayers to the
goddess.
•DHAK – It is the main musical
instrument played during the
pujas.
DURGA PUJA
•People enjoy the festive
mood for four days.
•The four days are
respectively known as
SHASTI, SAPTAMI,
ASTAMI, NAVAMI and
DASHMI.
•People hop from one
pandal to another wearing
new clothes.
•The pandals are
beautifully decorated.
•The streets are lighted up
with colourful lights.
DURGA PUJA
•After four days of
enjoyment the idols are
immersed into the Ganga
river on BIJOYA DASHMI.
•Married women take part in
“SINDUR KHELA”.
•People embrace each other
, younger ones touch the
feet of their elders and all
the people share sweets
among themselves saying –
“SHUBHO BIJOYA”.
•We all wait for another
Durga Puja next year.
• Kali Pooja/Diwali is celebrated
on the Amavasya or the new
moon night in the Hindu month
of Kartik (October/November).
DIWALI
• Diwali is celebrated all over
India with great enthusiasm by
bursting crackers.
• People light diyas, exchange
greetings and sweets on this
day
Id-Ul-Fitr festival or Eid-Ul-Fitr festival,
commonly known as Eid is the most
important Occasions of Islamic calendar. Id
ul Fitr festival is celebrated by Muslim
community all over the world with great
devotion and joviality. Eid ul Fitr festival
denotes the end of 'Ramadan', the month of
fasting and beginning of the new month
namely 'Shawwal'
BHAI PHONTA
The festival of Bhai Dooj or
Bhaubeej is popularly known as
Bhai-phota (or Bhai phonta) among
Bengalis. Just as Bhaidooj
celebrations in rest of India, Bhaiphota falls on the last day of fiveday-long Diwali festival, on the
second day of Diwali. This is the
second day of the bright fortnight
or Shukla Paksha of Hindu month
of Kartika. On Bhaubeej, sisters
pray for their brothers to have
long and happy lives by performing
the Teeka ceremony. Brothers give
their sisters gifts.
• Saraswati Puja is one of the most
devotional festivals of West Bengal.
• People worship Saraswati (Goddess of
learning) during this time .
• This festival is celebrated in
all schools and colleges and
the youth can be seen
participating in the puja with
much enthusiasm .
• It is also marked as the day
of eating plums.