The Country of Festivities!

We all like festivals right? It's a great way to spend family time and get involved in cultural things. It's a part of who we are and where we come from.

 India is full of festivals, you can say ever month has different festival to celebrate. Evey day of a week is celebrated for a different god. Neat huh? The ones listed boloew are some of the MAIN festivals of india!!



http://wahidbukhari.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/
diwali-fireworks-reverberate-the-delhi-skies/

• DIWALI
• "Diwali is a five day festival that represents the start of the Hindu New Year. It's known as the "Festival of Lights" for all the fireworks, small clay lamps, and candles that are lit during the celebrations. These lights are said to represent the victory of good over evil, and brightness over darkness."

• GANESH CHATURTHI




http://www.pratikudeshi.com/

• "The spectacular eleven day Ganesh Chaturthi festival honors the birth of the beloved Hindu elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha. The start of the festival sees huge, elaborately crafted statutes of Ganesha installed in homes and podiums, which have been especially constructed and beautifully decorated. At the end of the festival, the statutes are paraded through the streets, accompanied by much singing and dancing, and then submerged in the ocean."

• HOLI




http://www.escapenormal.com/2011/03/29/50
-greatest-festivals-in-the-world/

• "Holi is a two day festival that also celebrates the victory of good over evil, as well as the abundance of the spring harvest season. It's commonly referred to as the "Festival of Colors". People exuberantly throw colored powder and water all over each other, have parties, and dance under water sprinklers. Bhang (a paste made from cannabis plants) is also traditionally consumed during the celebrations. Holi is a very carefree festival that's great fun to participate in if you don’t mind getting wet and dirty."

• NAVRATRI
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  http://www.celebrateindia.com/events-festival/navratri

  "The first nine days of this festival are known as Navaratri, and are filled with dance in honor of the Mother Goddess. The tenth day, called Dussehra, is devoted to celebrating the defeat of the demon king Ravana by Lord Rama. It also coincides with the victory of the revered warrior Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. "

Look out for these festivals during the year! I'm sure you'll have a blast!!

  The information is from  http://goindia.about.com/od/festivalsevents/tp/Indiafestivals.htm







Eye poping cultural Dres!!

Namaste Peeps!

Clothing! its never enough.

Actually, for some of us, it a way to present yourself while for others its just an cloth covering your precious body!

Well well, today I bring to you one of the most known sexiest cultural attire and other common dress.

• Saree




http://www.sanginionline.com/

• It is a designed cloth starting from 4 yards to 9 yards draped around the body. It it known as one of the most sexiest cultural dress. It is mostly worn by women in everyday life



• Salwar Kameez




http://booncreation.blogspot.com/2012/08/anarkali-
pattern-salwar-kameez.html

• This outfit is worn by girls on daily biases. It has a long designed top and its pant. Its work with a long scarf around neck or just put on shoulder. Salwar kameeze vary in different types, like arakali, patiyala, chudidaar!

• Ghaghra Choli




http://www.bharatplaza.com/fish-cut-kalidar-ghagra-choli.html

• This dress is mostly worn during an occasion. It's a very fancy 3 piece attire worn mainly by young girls.

 

See you next week for a SURPRISE SURPRISE post!

Till then, Khyal Rakhna! 

*Grawl. --> *Burp!



Hungry Guys?

You won't be after you check out this new post about Indian Food. What food do you think of when you first hear the work "India Food".

Curry! right?

Well, Curry is not as famous at the outsiders think it is. Many people don't even eat curry. In India, every state has its own tradition language, culture, rituals, clothing and food. Hundreds of different food per state & the famouse ones are shown in picture below!



http://www.humanium.org/en/ngo-blog/2010/08/indian-food-diversity/

Keep scrolling down to see some of the most famous & mouth watering foods on India. 





Gujrati Thaali





http://niyasworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/food-court-at-ampa-skywalk-mall-chennai.html

• 3/4 vegetable gravy
• Sweets
• Salad
• Roti (bread)
• drink
• rice
• pickle
• appetizer



http://www.awesomecuisine.com/recipes/81/chicken-biryani.html

Chicken Biriyani


• Spiced Chicken with
• Rice
• Yogurt
• & eaten with salad
   

 

 

 

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/pani%20puri

Pani Puri (Street Food)


• Puri (small round hard bread)
• filled with potato
• Yogurt
• onion/tomato
• Spicy chutney (dip)





Sweets (..something us Indians can't live without)


• There are thousands of sweets in India
• Kaju Katri
• Gulab Jamun
• Barfi
• Halwa
• Ras Malai
• Laddoo
• Jalebi



http://vmlittlethings.blogspot.com/2010/07/houston-chowhounds-event-tour-of-little.html


 

.....goes on & on!

 

[See you next week! Bringing the best designers & show you worlds sexiest cultural dress known]





Bollywood!!!



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So today we'll focus on one of the five things Indians survive on. It's nothing but their daily dose of movie, songs and drama from BOLLYWOOD! Yes, like Hollywood in US, it' Bollywood in India.




Bollywood is full of :

• songs/dance
• romance
• actions
• ..and a fight to be Famous.



 

 SONGS/DANCE

Left: Madhuri Dixit -- Right: Aishwariya Rai (Dola re, Devdas)

Songs and Dance play a key role in Bollywood. Indians love to dance whether its party, wedding, or just a gathering. Each movie has about 5-6 songs. Sometimes there comes a time that a movie might collect money just because of its songs.



 

ROMANCE



Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in one of the most romantic film ever made in Bollywood industry, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge



They say a movie and ones life is never complete without romance. It's that one aspect that wins every ones heart. Bollywood has delivered over thousands of love stories. The one shown above is one of the best love stories ever seen in India.

 



ACTION



Akshay Kumar: Stuntman, Actor.

Actions bring excitement to move. Action genres require contain types of actors. Akshay Kumar, shown above is known as "Khiladi", a sportsman/player. He is that one actor who is always picked when the film is based on stunts and danger.He is a stuntman himself..

 

 

 

...a fight to be FAMOUS!







Superstar Salman Khan from Daboo Ratnai's Photoshoot.

 

Famous, something that everyone wants to be. But you know what they says, when you time come, you will get everything you want. There is a lot of competition in Bollywood and it says its negative sides. Salman Khan, shown above was in film industry since 1990 and became famous in 2000, exactly after 10 years. He never won any awards nor was he that recognized. Today he stands India's NO.1 Star with the most grossing back to back films.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK GUYS!

I'll see you next week..be ready to hold yourselves from the most yummy food you'll ever see!!