Festivaler

puja på en bil, detta genomförs under Dusshera

Som ni kanske har märkt så har jag haft 3 lång helger i rad nu och det är för att Indierna har haft olika helgdagar/ festivaler. Det har varit:Id-Ul-Fitr, Dusshera och Gandhi Jayantis födelsedag(igår måndag). Inför dusshera så smyckar man ut bilarna och de får köra på vatten meloner, man målar sedan på bilden med fingrarna för det betyder tur. ( detta är va jag har för mig, text nedanför från wikipedia)

De flesta utav er kanske redan vet vem gandhi är men jag lägger ändå ut lite info om honom:

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Bombay, 1944.
Born	October 2, 1869(1869-10-02) Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India
Died	January 30, 1948 (aged 78) New Delhi, Union of India
Cause of death	Assassination
Resting place	Rajghat in New Delhi
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu

Vijayadashami is also known as Dasara, Dashahara, Navaratri, and Durgotsav. It is celebrated in the lunar month of Ashwin (usually in September or October) from the Shukla Paksha Pratipada (the next of the New moon day of Bhadrapada) to the Dashami, or the tenth day of Ashwin.

In India, the harvest season begins at this time; and as mother earth is the source of all food, the Mother Goddess is invoked to start the new harvest season and to reactivate the vigor and fertility of the soil. This is done through religious performances and rituals which invoke cosmic forces that are believed to rejuvenate the soil.

On the day of Dasha-Hara, statues of the Goddess Durga are submerged in the waters of the river. These statues are made with the clay, and the pooja is performed with turmeric and other pooja items, which are powerful disinfectants and mixed in the river waters. This makes water useful for the farmers and yields better crops.

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Hindawi (Hindu) Swarajya - Maratha Empire used to always worship Lord Shiva & Goddess Durga in the form of goddess Bhawani before any military expedition. Goddess Bhavani had blessed Shivaji Maharaj with her own sword called "Bhavani Talwar" on this blessed day.

Dasha-Hara is the festival of Victory of Good over Evil as it marks the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana. VISHWAKARMA DIVAS Dasha-Hara is also treated as Vishwakarma Divas - the National Labor Day of India and Buses, trucks and machines in factories are all decorated.

Veda Vyasa is considered as the foremost Guru and Vijayadashami is also celebrated as Vyasa puja.

Also called	Dashain, Dussehra, Dasserra,
Observed by	Religiously by Hindus.
Type	Religious, Indian
Significance	Celebrating victory of Shakti over mahishasura and also of Lord Ram over Ravan
Observances	Putting Tika in forehead, Prayers, Religious rituals like burning Ravana effigy (see puja, prasad