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<body> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="images/tours_fairspecial_heading_image1.jpg" width="189" height="100" alt="tours_fairspecial_heading_image1.jpg (25387 bytes)"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="images/tours_fairspecial_heading.jpg" width="182" height="42" alt="tours_fairspecial_heading.jpg (11857 bytes)"><br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="right"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="2%"><img src="images/black_dot.jpg" width="11" height="12" alt="black_dot.jpg (695 bytes)"></td> <td width="98%"><a href="jas_tours_bot_fairspecial_rightcontent.htm#thecamelride"><small><strong><font face="Arial">The camel Ride</font></strong></small></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="2%"><img src="images/black_dot.jpg" width="11" height="12" alt="black_dot.jpg (695 bytes)"></td> <td width="98%"><a href="jas_tours_bot_fairspecial_rightcontent.htm#festivitiesofthedesert"><small><strong><font face="Arial">Festivities of the Desert</font></strong></small></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="2%"><img src="images/black_dot.jpg" width="11" height="12" alt="black_dot.jpg (695 bytes)"></td> <td width="98%"><a href="jas_tours_bot_fairspecial_rightcontent.htm#thenagaurfair"><small><strong><font face="Arial">The Nagaur Fair</font></strong></small></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="2%"><img src="images/black_dot.jpg" width="11" height="12" alt="black_dot.jpg (695 bytes)"></td> <td width="98%"><a href="jas_tours_bot_fairspecial_rightcontent.htm#gangaurfair"><small><strong><font face="Arial">Gangaur Fair</font></strong></small></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="2%"><img src="images/black_dot.jpg" width="11" height="12" alt="black_dot.jpg (695 bytes)"></td> <td width="98%"><a href="jas_tours_bot_fairspecial_rightcontent.htm#themagicofpushkar"><small><strong><font face="Arial">The Magic of Pushkar</font></strong></small></a></td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a name="thecamelride"></a></p><font SIZE="2"> <p> </p> <p><br> </p> </font><div align="center"><center><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td width="100%"> <font SIZE="2"></font><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td width="100%"> <font size="4"></font><strong><font face="Arial">THE CAMEL RIDE</font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" background="images/tours_fairspecial_underline_bgrndfortable.jpg">.</td> </tr> </table> <p><font face="Arial" SIZE="2"><strong><br> Place        : Bikaner<br> Festival    : Camel Festival<br> Dates       : 20-21 Jan</strong></font></p><p> <font size="1"></font><font SIZE="2"><font face="Arial">A lively and colorful event, the camel festival is organized by the department of Tourism, Art & Culture, Rajasthan in Bikaner every year.</font></font></p><font SIZE="2"> <p><font face="Arial">January is the right month for a desert spree, and Bikaner is just the right place to see the ships of the desert. In the camel country Bikaner, these desert leviathans pull heavy cart loads , transport grain and even work at the wells.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The Camel Festival begins with a colorful procession of bedecked camels against the red sandstone backdrop of the Junagarh Fort, the festivity advances to the open sand -spreads of the grounds, followed by the best breed competition, the tug-of -war contest, camel dance and acrobatics, etc.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The camels display amazing footwork, dancing gracefully to the slightest directions of their trainers. Bridal bridles, bejeweled necks , jingling anklets and long, lanky camel shadows on dusky sand cast a magical spell.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">Hundreds of tourists and thousands of locals and dignitaries revel in this man-and-animal affair organized especially for the tourists.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The evening close with a different tenor and tempo altogether: a traditional rendezvous of renowned artists of Rajasthan and the local folk performers.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The jubilant skirt-swirling dancers, the awe inspiring fire dance, and the dazzling fireworks light up the fortified desert city of Bikaner.</font></p> <p align="center"><img src="images/tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg" width="360" height="24" alt="tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg (4421 bytes)"></p> </font><p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a name="festivitiesofthedesert"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font size="4"></font><strong><font face="Arial">FESTIVITIES OF THE DESERT</font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <font size="4"><td width="100%" background="images/tours_fairspecial_underline_bgrndfortable.jpg">.</td></font> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font SIZE="2"><font face="Arial"><strong><br> <br> Place         :  Jaiselmer<br> Festival     : Desert Festival<br> Date          :  17-19 Feb</strong><br> </font><p><font face="Arial">Held in the month of January -February, the Desert Festival exudes a delightful spirit. For three days, the otherwise barren land of Jaisalmer comes to life and is clustered with erodes of colorfully dressed people. In fact during these days, Jaisalmer gets a chance to parade its exuberant charm to the world.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">Some chosen and cherished moments of the glorious and the illustrious past and affluent culture are on display. The traditional dances backed by high pitched music take the folk dancers and the audience on an euphoric trip.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The turban-tying competition and Mr. Desert contest add a touch of excitement to the festive celebrations.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The famous Gair dancers and the traditional fire dancers leave the crowds enchanted whenever they perform.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The grand finale is a trip to the sand dunes where one can enjoy the pleasures of a camel ride and at times also view the musicians and dancers performing on the dunes.</font></p> <p align="center"><img src="images/tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg" width="360" height="24" alt="tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg (4421 bytes)"></p> </font><p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a name="thenagaurfair"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font size="4"></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong>THE NAGAUR FAIR</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <font size="4"><td width="100%" background="images/tours_fairspecial_underline_bgrndfortable.jpg">.</td></font> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font SIZE="2"><strong><font face="Arial"><br> <br> Place       :   Nagaur<br> Festival    :  Nagaur Festival<br> Dates        :  12-15 Feb</font></strong><p><font face="Arial">The quaint town of Nagaur, one of the most picturesque of Rajput townships, stirs to life during the Nagaur Fair. The cattle fair here is the second largest in Rajasthan and is held every year during the month of Magh ( Jan - Feb).</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">The fair is renowned for the trading in cows, bullocks, camels and horses. Their owners are seen wearing colorful turbans and flaunting long moustaches. The bullocks of Nagaur are renowned for their fleetness and attract a large number of buyers. Both the buyers and the owners bargain to their heart's content until they decide upon a price.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">Mirchi Bazar (Red Chilly Market) is the main attraction and wooden items, ironcrafts and leather accessories are available in abundance during the fair.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">Various games are organized during this four days festival. Tug-of -war, camel races, cock-fight etc. provide entertainment to the tourists and visitors.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">As the sun goes down, a joyous atmosphere is created by the folk musicians, whose voices echo far and wide across the tranquil desert sand.</font></p> <p align="center"><img src="images/tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg" width="360" height="24" alt="tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg (4421 bytes)"></p> </font><p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a name="gangaurfair"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font size="4"></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong>GANGAUR FAIR </strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <font size="4"><td width="100%" background="images/tours_fairspecial_underline_bgrndfortable.jpg">.</td></font> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font SIZE="2"><font face="Arial"><strong><br> <br> Place    :  Jaipur<br> Festival : Gangaur Festival<br> Dates     : 7-8 Apr</strong></font><p><font face="Arial">The Gangaur festival is the most important local festival of Rajasthan and is observed through out the state with great fervor and devotion by woman folk who worship Gauri, the consort of Lord Shiva.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">Gan is a synonym for Shiva and Gaur, which stands for Gauri or Parvati who symbolizes Saubhagya (marital bliss). Gauri is the embodiment of perfection and conjugal love which is why the unmarried woman worships her for being blessed for good husbands, while married women do so for the welfare, health and long life of their spouses and a happy married life.</font></p> <i><p><font face="Arial">Rites and Ritual</font></p></i> <p><font face="Arial">The festival commences on the first day of <i>Chaitra</i>, the day following Holi and continues for 18 days. For a newly-wedded girl, it is binding to observe the full course of 18 days of the festival that succeeds her marriage. Even unmarried girls fast for the full period of 18 days and eat one meal a day.</font></p> <i><p><font face="Arial">Images and paintings</font></p></i> <p><font face="Arial">Images of Isar and Gauri are made of clay for the festival. In some families, permanent wooden images are painted afresh every year by reputed painters called <i>matherans</i> on the eve of the festival. A distinct difference between the idols of Teej and Gangaur is that the idol will have a canopy during the Teej Festival while the Gangaur idol would not have a canopy.</font></p> <i><p><font face="Arial">Mehandi</font></p></i> <p><font face="Arial">The ladies decorate their hands and feet by drawing designs with mehandi (myrtle paste). The figures drawn range from the Sun, Moon and the stars to simple flowers or geometrical designs.</font></p> <i><p><font face="Arial">Ghudlia</font></p></i> <p><font face="Arial">Ghudlias are earthen pots with numerous holes all around and a lamp lit inside them. On the evening of the 7<sup>th</sup> day after Holi, unmarried girls go around singing songs of <i>ghudlia </i>carrying the pots with a burning lamp inside, on their heads. On their way, they collect small presents of cash, sweets, jaggery, ghee, oil etc. This continues for 10 days i.e. upto the conclusion of the Gangaur Festival when the girls break their pots and throw the debris into a well or a tank and enjoy a feast with the collections made.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">This ritual is performed on the occasion of Gangaur as a reminder of the triumph of Rao Santhal, ruler of Jodhpur, over Mir Ghudley Khan, who had carried away 140 maidens who were celebrating the festival of Gangaur, in 1548. The burning lamp signifies the valour and chivalry of the <i>Maharaja.</i></font></p><i> <p><font face="Arial">Gauri's Departure</font></p></i> <p><font face="Arial">The festival reaches its climax during the last three days. The images of Gauri and Isar are dressed in new garments especially made for the occasion. Unmarried girls and married women decorate the images and make them look like living figures.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">At an auspicious hour in the afternoon, a procession is taken out to a garden, tank or a well with the images of Isar and Gauri, placed on the heads of married women. Songs are sung about the departure of Gauri to her husbands house. The procession comes back after offering water to the image of Gauri which faces backwards on the first two days. On the final day, she faces in the same direction as the image of Isar and the procession concludes in the consignment of all the images in the waters of a tank or a well. The woman bid farewell to Gauri and turn their steps homewards with tears in their eyes and the Gangaur Festival comes to an end.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">In Jaipur, a sweet dish called <i>Ghewar</i> is characteristic of the Gangaur Festival. People buy <i>Ghewar</i> to eat and distribute it among their friends and relatives. A procession, with the image of Gauri, forms at the Palace Gate known as Tripolia and moves on the city streets passing Chaugan and on to Talkatora. A vast gathering and villagers from nearby areas witness the procession.</font></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><img src="images/tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg" width="360" height="24" alt="tours_link_fairspecial_devider_hrzntl.jpg (4421 bytes)"></p> </font><p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a name="themagicofpushkar"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font size="4"></font><font face="Arial"><strong>THE MAGIC OF PUSHKAR</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <font size="4"><td width="100%" background="images/tours_fairspecial_underline_bgrndfortable.jpg">.</td></font> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Arial"><a name="thedesertcircuit"></a><br> <strong><br> <small>Place    :   Pushkar (Ajmer)<br> Festival :  Pushkar Festival<br> Dates     :  21-23 Nov</small></strong></font><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Pushkar is a sacred town for the hindus, situated 11 kms to the north-west of Ajmer.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">This ancient town is transformed into a spectacular fair ground in the month of Kartik. The fair attracts a great number of tourists from far and wide. The fair-grounds reverberate with festivity, as rows of make shift stalls display as bewildering array of items that compete with each other for the visitors attention. But the highlight of Pushkar fair is the trading of camels . Camels are brought, sold , decked up and paraded on the sand dunes, presenting a picturesque sight. The camel, horse and donkeys races are events that draw huge attendance. Body tattooing is yet another favorite activity that attracts a large number of enthusiasts .</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">The Pushkar fair brings together a large number of villagers from different parts of the state. Some come here to sell. Some come here to buy. Others come here on a pilgrimage. Still others come here just to enjoy the festivities. The evening are filled with music and dance. Come dusk, and the rich strains of haunting music are carried across the desert sands as the merrymaking continues deep into the night. The profusion of colors that run right in the desert sands, the glee and the contagious enthusiasm of the village folk are a unique experience for every visitor.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">A large number of traders gather at the Pushkar Fair and set up shops. They sell as host of products like bead necklaces of Nagaur, woolen blankets of Merta, textiles printed in Ajmer and Jodhpur, brassware of Jodhpur and Jaipur etc. Also on sale are saddles, ropes, and assorted household items.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">During the fair, cultural shows and exhibitions are organized to enliven the event. Movies are shown and competitions are arranged. Bards and poets recite and sing tales of valour and heroism of bygone days. 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