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NATURE fROM THE NORTH did you know ?
Phool Dei is a nature
festival celebrating
Each month and each season of the year has its own beauty. Some of the most the advent of spring in
celebrated nature festivals come from the North. Uttarakhand in which young
Monal Sethi, XII A, Delhi Police Public School, New Delhi girls visit their neighbours
and offer good wishes
Minjar festival is celebrated in the Chamba district of himachal Pradesh. it for the prosperity of the
is held on the second sunday of the monsoon month known as saawan, and household.
lasts for a week.
Moulshri, VII A, Delhi Public School, Sec-45, Gurgaon Gaurav Bisht, VII D, Navy Children School,
New Delhi; Shruti Bhardwaj, VIII, Raksha
Baisakhi is celebrated in Punjab. it represents Anusandhan Vidyalaya, Dehradun
the vernal equinox which occurs on 21st march
and culminates in the second week of april. The LOHRI SONG
sikhs also celebrate it as the Khalsa srijan diwas.
Shubneet K, X A, Sri Guru Harkrishan Public Illustration by: Aakriti Verma, XII-D, Sundar Mundari Hoye!
School, Amritsar; Aina Marziyyah, X, Summer Fields School, DLF Phase I,
Whitehall Public School, Rampur Gurgaon Tera Kaun Vichara ho!
lohri is a popular festival of Punjab. lohri coincides with the Dulhe di dhee vyayae ho!
I love Teej passing of the winter solstice. it is associated with the harvest Ser shakkar payee ho!
and Sawan of rabi crops. on this day, food items such as gajak, sarson da Vansh, Summer Fields School, DLF,
ka jhula! saag and makke-di-roti are savoured. Gurgaon
Eraf Ali, VIII A, Sunway Senior Secondary School, Rampur
Harela,first day of shravan, is a festival celebrated by
the people of the Kumaon region (uttarakhand) to mark ACTIVITY
the beginning of the rainy season. during the first day
of celebration, five or six types of grains are mixed Make Natural Colours
together and sown in clay pots filled with fertile soil. suggest flowers, leaves, fruits
Vishal Singh, IX B, Sherwood Convent School, Gurgaon; Palak Verma, etc. you can use to make green,
VI B, Pine Hall School, Dehradun
Teej is celebrated in northern india particularly in orange, pink and blue colours.
haryana, rajasthan, uttar Pradesh and in bihar. Significance of Colours
it is known as sawan festival and marks the
beginning of the monsoon. it is celebrated if red colour signifies Purity, then
as haryali (green) Teej in haryana. what according to you does the
Deepmani, IX C, Indian Public Sr. Sec. School, colour green signify?
Yamuna Nagar; Vanshika, IX B, Saraswati Public School, __________________________
Jagadhri; Mansi Gupta, X B, Swami Vivekananda Public
School, Jagadhri

HOLI HAI!!

The festival of Holi is linked with the cyclic change of seasons as it marks the end
of winter and the beginning of summer season. holi is the festival of colours and is
celebrated all over the country. on this festival, people rub gulal on each other’s cheeks
and wish them ‘haPPY holi’. holi is celebrated by different names in northern india. in
barsana, (u.P.), a unique holi is played called lathmar Holi.

Yukta Jain, VI B, Akshara School, Kakinada; Aditi Vats, VIII C, Amity International School, Sec- 43, Gurgaon;
Khushi, VII D, P.K.R. Jain Sr. Sec. Public School, Ambala; Rishikesh N. Kanabar, VI C, Rustomjee Cambridge
International School, Mumbai Illustration by: Mehak Goyal, VI-E,
DAV Public School, Faridabad

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