A Joyous Celebration of Womanhood
Last Saturday, Rajasthan Association celebrated Gangaur and Rajasthan Diwas in London. It was attended by more than 400 ladies.
Gangaur, the festival is all about honouring the Goddess’s Gauri or Parvati and celebrating marriage and love during the month of Chaitra (as per the Hindu or Lunar calendar). In this festival, both married and unmarried women take part in the festivities in full spirit to celebrate Womanhood. Rajasthan Association UK have hosted London Gangaur, 2019 on 30th March at Claremont High School which started at 3:00 PM. The Rajasthan Association UK which is an organisation founded to bring together the people from the state of Rajasthan (India) living in the UK.
The festival of the Gangaur brings Rajasthani culture and heritage to London, Rajasthani women take part in the festivities with the full enthusiasm whereas they used to celebrate Gangaur at their home. This festival helped them to reminisce their memories of Rajasthan, and not only that it also built new bonds and friendships amongst them.
The event is very well organised and the women were the special guests. On a cold day in spring, the passion and excitement brought warmth and hospitality to those present. All the guest enjoyed Sawari (Rath) of “Isar-Gaur” which was then succeeded by Pooja. The prayer (Pooja) started by singing the famous Gangaur song “Gor Gor Gomati”, after this was the folk dance, Maha Ghoomar performed by the ladies, and Rajasthani mess-up dance by kids and present gents, and finally the sorrow departure of Goddess Gauri (Vidai) to “Isar-Gaur” with the singing of “Hanja Maru”.
This auspicious festival concluded with a lavish dinner where people enjoyed the Rajasthani delicacies.
Along with Gangaur, guests celebrated “Mother’s Day” and “Rajasthan Diwas” on 30th of March marking the unification of the erstwhile princely states in the region into the state of Rajasthan by singing authentic “Faag with Chang” which has lot of praise for Women. Everyone was present in traditional Rajasthani attire which showed the colourful and vibrant culture.
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