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Rajasthani
Fairs & Festivals - Rajasthan Desert Festival
Rajasthan Desert Festival
The three-day Desert festival held
annually in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India is a special event that
the local people and the tourists look forward to with great
excitement and anticipation. The quiet desert Jaisalmer springs
to life every year during the month of February as the villagers
from in and around Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India come together to
celebrate the happening Desert festival.
Luxury Rajasthan Travel offers online travel booking and
information on tour packages that take you to this 3-day
jamboree that is a juxtaposition of open-air folk dance
performances, acrobatics, puppet shows, snake charmers and
stalls painted with the vivid colors of joy and gaiety.
The pulsating Fire, Ghair and Ghoomar dances, colorful swirling
skirts and tie and dye dupattas with lots of folk music with
bedecked camels and desert stalls and tents add to the brilliant
charm of the Desert festival of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. |
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Besides the customary camel races the special turban tying competition
and the Mr. Desert competition that marks the festivities are special
highlights of this Desert festival that enlivens the Jaisalmer sands.
The festivities are held with the Sam Sand dunes and the Jaisalmer Fort
as the idyllic backdrops that bring to the fore the bewitching Jaisalmer
charm. The camel polo and camel dance events offer you an opportunity to
appreciate the camel and its sport skills. Folk songs and ballads sung
by local bards fill the atmosphere with the spirit of desert romance and
create a fabulous ambience that reminds you of the past glory of
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.
On the third day of the lively and animated desert festival the
Jaisalmer sands are filled with a new spirit with an open-air light and
sound show that concludes the Jaisalmer Desert festival with a grand
finale.
The Jaisalmer Desert festival is sponsored by the Rajasthan State
Tourism and is nothing but a marvellous celebration of Rajasthan folk
arts and crafts. This festival serves as an excellent platform for
showcasing the creative and long standing cultural traditions of golden
Rajasthan. Luxury Rajasthan Travel ensures that you get a unique
opportunity to be a part of this splendid cultural gala and feel the
regal magnificence of Jaisalmer, firsthand.
Among the interesting highlights of the Jaisalmer Desert festival the
stalls and tents displaying handcrafted goods, carpets, rugs and
clothing are quite interesting.
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Other Fairs & Festivals:
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| Nagaur Fair, Nagaur (Jan-Feb.) |
Kite Festival (held on 14th Jan of
every year) |
| Desert Festival, Jaisalmer (Jan-Feb.) |
Baneshwar Fair, Baneshwar (Jan-Feb.) |
| Gangaur Festival, Jaipur
(March-April) |
Mewar Festival, Udaipur (March-April) |
| Elephant Festival, Jaipur
(March-April) |
Urs Ajmer Sharif, Ajmer (According
to Lunar Calendar) |
| Summer Festival, Mt.Abu (June) |
Teej Festival, Jaipur (July-August) |
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Kajli Teej, Bundi
(July-August) |
Dussehra Festival, Kota (October) |
| Marwar Festival, Jodhpur (October) |
Pushkar Fair, Ajmer (November) |
| Camel Festival, Bikaner (January) |
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