India is often described as the land of many religlons and languages , but it might as well be described as a land of festivals . It has been rightly said that india is a country with unity in diversity . Some of the major festivals of india are :---
1 }HOLI
Holi is the festival of colours ,it is celebrated all over INDIA . People greet each other , eat sweets and foremost apply colour s and also apply gulal on each other .They also make and eat traditional sweets such as ghojia s etc.
2}NAVRATRI:---is celebrated with great enthusiasm and pomp and show .On this day and for nine nights to come people keep fast and worship maa durga . To please HER they perform the famous dandia dance as well .
3}GANESH CHATURTHI:-----is the celebration of the birth of the lord of prosperity ie . LORD GANESHA .It is celebrated with great joyin all over INDIA and with great enthusiasm in MAHARASHTRA ie .mumbai .In this festival we can see huge celebration with elaborated crafted vand decorated statues of LORD GANESHA INSTALLED FOR 11 DAYS IN THEIR HOMES AS WELL IN THE podiums
4} RAKSHA BHANDHAN :---is the festivalof brothers and sisters .Sisters tie rakhi s on the wrist of their brothers and brothers in return bestow them with expensive gifts ,they make merry and eat traditional
sweets .
5}ID --UL --FITR :----is the festival of the MUSLIMS .ID is celebrated after a month long fasting ,and people perform NAMAZ every day .
6}BHAI DUJ :---is celebrated on the second day of DIWALI .Sisters apply beautiful TILAKS on the fore head of their brothers , and in return they get gifts from their brothers .
7}DIWALI :---is the festival of lights .It is celebrated with great enthusiasm . People make merry eat sweets ,burn crackers .
8 }CHRISTMAS :---Last but not the least is the christmas festival ,which is celebrated on 25 th DECEMBER . People make merry ,eat traditional sweets and sing carols .
On the whole we can say that INDIA is a country of festivals