India is a fantastic country and a conglomeration of varied, colorful cultural festivals. "Gajan," a Hindu folk festival, is celebrated in different villages in West Bengal, India, during the end of the month of "Chaitra" of the Bengali calendar, followed by another festival named "Charak."
Gajan festival is mainly dedicated to worshipping Hindu Lord Shiva and Parvati before the start of the harvesting season.
This festival is connected to the people related to the agricultural community, directly or indirectly. They pray for the rains and better harvest and believe this festival will give them prosperity by removing any sorrow and suffering they faced in the past year.
Kurmun, a small village in the Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India, magnificently celebrates this festival yearly. During this festival, Shiva devotees named Gajan sanyasi do several activities; Gajan Sanyasi decorate themselves using paint their faces and body and then dance around the whole village and request some "Bhiksha" (offering) as a part of the celebration, then dance with the human skull next day morning. I captured different moments of the "Gajan festival" during my visit to Kurmun village near my hometown Bardhaman.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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