Gorehabba

Gorehabba or Gore Habba is a festival or ritual in India of splashing cow dung on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after Diwali's Bali Padyami in the small village of Gumatapura, in Karnataka, India.[1][2]

See also

  • Carnival of Ivrea – an orange fight in Italy
  • La Tomatina – a tomato fight in Spain
  • Pidakala War – a cow dung fight following Ugadi in India
  • Songkran – during which water fights are held in Thailand

References

  1. ^ "Gorehabba". Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India (SCFI). Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. ^ Phadnis, Shekher (October 16, 2011). "A Strange Diwali Celebration". The Navhind Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-12.

External links

  • Gorehabba festival celebrant piles cow dung, BBC Motion gallery
  • Dung-slingers aim at peace, Deccan Herald


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