Festivals!!

Festivals! Festivals! Festivals! This word itself stimulates us through our nerves and impulses. It has a charisma of its own .In the name of festivals the atmosphere itself gets enthusiastic and carefree….it proportionally implies to holidays!!!! People all around the world love to enjoy festivals .It provides them a break from their hectic and boring schedules. It’s just the time when people are free from their bustling bosses and strict teachers.

Festival adds colour to life. Without them, life seems to be a tasteless dish. The periodic cycle of festivals in our lives lead to positive changes. They are marked by auspiciousness. People prefer to start their work or establish new business during festivals only. They enhance our mind and calms our soul. Festivals act as an integration tool and bring people together. The most important culture and traditional aspect of any place is its festivals only. Festivals unite people and help in increasing socialization.

Festivals are marked by religion, season or national significance. All the festivals are deeply rooted to a tradition, custom or moral. Many festivals have a distinct history or myth behind them. The festivals of a country are the true manifestation of its spiritualistic domain. The theme of festivals vary with their varying values.

Festivals not only loads our heart with merriment but, unfortunately, also loads heaviness to our piggybanks and pockets. It’s the ideal time for business to boost their sails and people to grab accessories. Sail and discount notices hang like pendants down the wall, in each and every market, like anything. Women and girls who are just crazy for shopping long stand in front of shops and queues to buy their favourite shoes, jewellry and outfits. The markets are full of people moving here and there buying accessories for their homes along with many cherished tasty treats! Festivals is the time when people get to cook delicious snacks and dishes which makes us mouth-watering! Otherwise our mother makes us tend to daily veges! Festivals provide us with different-different sweets to relish. Children get attracted to sweets and candies like swarm of bees. They just gobble up all the things up like monsters. It is the event where, people generally put on weight! Not only that, people share their sweet love through a box of sweets. There is a general practice in the society to send gifts and presents as a token of love to our kith and kin. So, during festivals children usually expect lots of goodies from their uncles, aunts and as well as grandparents. A lot of expectations fulfil, many not and many get due to next year.

Despite many of the colourful aspects of festivals mentioned above, In today’s time, the relevance of festivals is still under a question mark. The quality in festivals is deteriorating with passing years. Instead of giving happiness or joy, people usually get confide to their personal comfort and merit. No one knows the reason for the holiday or the significance behind it, they just tend to relax on their couches and watch TV!

Festivals have been started gauged by a lower glimpse. They have got reduced to having free offs. They are the ideal time when pollution levels are above the roofs. Diwali (an Indian festival) is no more about dispelling gloom but burning crackers. The pollution is paramount. It not only harms are environment but also adversely affects are birds and animals. Truly, there is a dire need for cultural revival in the world ….and, I hope, that it would be done soon. Till the time, we all must try our level best to protect our culture, to enable our future generations to get an opportunity to imbibe in them the qualities and values of their ancestors. The chain must not break, please save it.