FESTIVALS & DANCES IN NEWS

FEBRUARY
2022

48^th Khajuraho Dance Festival

Madhya Pradesh

50^th Rose Festival

Chandigarh

Camel Festival

Bikaner, Rajasthan

Herath Festival

Jammu & Kashmir

Kaliyattam festival

Kerala

Kanchoth Festival

Jammu & Kashmir

Maha Kumbh Mela

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

Maru Mahotsav of the
Golden City

(Jaisalmer Desert Festival)

Rajasthan

Medaram Jathara (by Koya
tribe)

Telangana

Viva Carnival

Goa

JANUARY 2022

18^th Kachai Lemon Festival

Manipur

25^th National Youth Festival
2022

Puducherry

9^th North East Festival

Guwahati, Assam

Dhalo Folk Dance

Goa

Gangasagar Mela

West Bengal

Jallikattu

Tamil Nadu

Losoong (Namsoong) Festival

Sikkim/Nepal/Bhutan

Mandu Festival

Madhya Pradesh

Sarok Festival

Arunachal Pradesh

Spituk Gustor Festival

Ladakh

Torgya Festival (by Monpa
tribe)

Arunachal Pradesh

DECEMBER 2021

11-day
Lokrang Festival 2021

Jaipur, Rajasthan

22^nd Hornbill Festival
(Dhanesh bird festival)

Nagaland

8^th International Van/Herbal
Mela

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

97^th World Sangeet Tansen
festival

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Apple
Festival

Srinagar, J & K

Bohag
Bihu

Assam

Dandiya
(Folk Dance)

Gujarat

Durga
Puja

Kolkata, West Bengal

Heikru
Hidongba (Boat Race Festival)

Manipur

International
Honey Bee Festival

Haldwani, Uttarakhand

Kambala
(Buffalo Race Festival)

Karnataka

Kashi
Film Festival 2021

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Losar
Festival

Ladakh

Pongal
Festival

Tamil Nadu

NOVEMBER 2021

Aharbal
Festival

Kulgam, J & K

Ayurveda
Parv-2021

New Delhi

Bathukamma

Telangana

Cherry
Blossom Festival

Shillong, Meghalaya

Jauljibi
Trade Fair

Uttarakhand

Karthigai
Deepam

Tamil Nadu

Karthika
Purnima (Boita Bandana)

Odisha

Kashi
Utsav

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Loy
Krathong Festival

Thailand

Onake
Obavva Jyanti

Karnataka

Parumala
Perunnal Feast

Kerala

Rashtra
Raksha Samarpan Parv

Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand
Tribal Festival

Dehradun

Wangala

Meghalaya

OCTOBER 2021

Amongmong festival (by
Sangam tribe)

Nagaland

2^nd
National Tribal Dance Festival

Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Apple
Festival 2021

Srinagar, J & K

Asia’s
largest music festival

Sunburn Festival Goa

Bathukamma
(Goddess of Life)

Telangana

Bugun
Liocichla Utsav

Arunachal Pradesh

Doon
Drone Mela 2021

Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Kittur
Rani Chennamma Jayanthi

Karnataka

Pydithalli
Sirimanu Utsav

Andhra Pradesh

SEPTEMBER 2021

Bail Pola Festival
(Bullock Pola/Pola Amavasya)

Maharashtra & Chhattisgarh

Nuakhai
(Harvest festival)

Odisha

Heikru
Hidongba (Boat Race Festival)

Manipur

Nata
Sankirtana

Manipur

Chuseok
(Harvest Festival)

North Korea & South Korea

Festival
of the Nomads (Cure Salee)

Nigeria