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oCTober - deCember 2015 Vol. 12 No. 4

CELEBRATING COLOURs Of NATURE

india is a land of festivals. There are many festivals that are celebrated throughout
the year, and some correspond with the cycle of seasons. specific festivals are
celebrated in the summer months, while some add colour to the otherwise dull
months of winter and some bring joy during the monsoons. every season is
associated with a festive occasion and is celebrated with great fanfare.
The most popular spring (Vasant Ritu)
festival is holi which is celebrated all across
Colours here, north india. The harvest festival of baisakhi
Colours there
Colours are everywhere, is celebrated in Punjab and rongali bihu
Festivals of India are is celebrated with great pomp and gaiety
the best, I say! in assam. some of the festivals that are
Something new each celebrated during the monsoon (Varsha
and every day…
Ritu) are rath Yatra, ganesh Chaturthi and
Dear Friends, Krishna Janmashtami. in Chhattisgarh,
The beauty of nature is celebrated the hareli festival marks the beginning of
in many ways. It is so wonderful to sawan. during autumn (Sharad Ritu) festival
see the way in which these vibrant like Navratri, Vijay dashami (dussehra) and Illustration by: Shekhar Mirza, VIII-B,
festivals celebrate the bounties sharad Purnima are observed. Sachidanand Gyan Bharti Model School,
of nature and present a colourful Ranchi
maze of rituals, traditions, food, and CELEBRATING NATURE WONDERFUL WARLIS
costumes which signify the blessings Nature is really a wonder
bestowed by nature on mankind. In That always makes you ponder The Warlis believe that each year
India sowing invokes the blessings Nature loves the colour green is born in the monsoon, reaches
of the gods and harvesting is a That when you see makes you its full bloom during harvest and
celebration. Come let’s experience serene attains maturity, and finally goes
the rainbow of nature festivals in The colour of the sky...deep blue after the threshing of the last
India. In which you see a magnificent hue corn.
The colours of nature are awesome,
Thanks to Incredible India’s
CONTENTS
mausam!
Celebrating Colours of Nature 1 Swaraj Vikas Palkar, Arya Vidya Mandir,
Colourful Festive stories 2 Bandra West, Mumbai
moon magic 3
Festive Colours 4
raga rewind 5 SEaSONS MONTHS MONTHS
Nature from the North 6 (Indian Calendar) (Western Calendar)
see the south 7 Vasanta (spring) Chaitra-Vaisakha march-april
india Celebrates… 8-9 grishma (summer) Jyeshtha-ashadha may-June
let’s go west 10
enchanting east 11 Varsha (monsoon) shravana-bhadra July-august
activities 4 u 12-14 sharada (autumn) ashwina-Kartika september-october
heritage News 15 hemanta (Fall) margashirsa-Pausha November-december
Prize winners, what’s Next? 16
shishira (winter) magha-Phalguna January-February
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