The Significance of Festivals in Our Culture

India is a land of festivals. There are many festivals in our country. Some of the festivals are Holi, Diwali, Dusshera, Guru Nanak Jayanti etc. Every religion has its own festivals like Lohri and Guru Nanak Jayanti is mostly celebrated by Sikhs whereas Holi and Diwali are celebrated among Hindus and many more. A long time ago, in Indian culture, there were a number of festivals since there were a large number of religions in our country. 

A festival is also like a tool that makes everybody happy. This was the significance and importance of festivals. But in the last 400 or 500 years ago, poverty has come into our country and we cannot celebrate it with fun and frolic. 

So, now there are only 30 or 40 festivals left in our country. We are not even attending those festivals as we have work to do like going to the school or office or some daily work. This is the saying of the Sadh Guru Ji.

 If we do not celebrate festivals our life will be all stressed by work. We should at least celebrate even one festival so we could be relaxed. Nowadays people don’t celebrate the festivals because they go to watch movies or watch on the television. A festival means the whole society has to gather at a specific place and celebrate the festival. The people also don’t decorate their houses on festivals these days. The significance and importance of festivals are declining day by day. 

If we do not celebrate the festivals so our next generation will just live a normal life. They will just eat, sleep, and grow like normal human beings. Their life will be so boring. So that’s why we should even celebrate one or two festivals as our next generation will also know what a festival is. 

Now I would like to give you a brief description of some festivals. Makar Sankranti is a festival where kids and adults fly kites. It is traditionally seen as a harvest festival. Guru Purnima is the full moon day of Aashaadha. Sadh Guruji recounts to us the story of the first guru 15000 years ago. 

Navaratri is a festival of nine days celebrating the divine feminine. These days, all Hindus don’t eat nonveg. Dussehra is a festival where people fire the Ravan. It is also known as the “DAY OF VICTORY”. Now In the last I would again request you all to celebrate all the festivals because they are very ancient, significant, and important.