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Top 10 Summer Festivals In India You Shouldn’t Miss In 2018

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Music, Sun, sea, colorful clothes, folk dance, and happy faces—summer doesn’t only bring scorching heat in India, but a lot of lively festivals that make the whole country rejoice. Summer festivals in Indiapaint the country with a million vibrant colors which attract thousands of tourists from all over the world.

The following list tells you about some popular festivals celebrated during the summer season in India. While some festivals celebrate the culture of different regions, others let you get immersed in religious colors.

Before you read ahead, here is a list with 2018 dates for each festival featured in this blog!

Gangaur – 20th March onwardsBaisakhi – 14th AprilChithirai Festival – 18th April- 3rd MayMoatsu Festival – 1st -6th MayMount Abu Summer Festival – 29th-30th AprilOoty Flower Festival – MayYercaud Summer Festival – MayShimla Summer Festival – 2nd- 7th JuneSikkim Summer Festival – 1st -31st MayHemis Festival – 23rd-24th July

1. Gangaur – The colourful extravaganza



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Gangaur is one of the most iconic summer festivals in India, celebrated in various parts of Rajasthan, particularly in Jaipur. Amongst all the festivals of Rajasthan, Gangaur is considered the most important one. It commences on the day following Holi and witnesses devotees worshipping Goddess Gauri with magnificent passion and spectacular grandeur for 16-18 days.

If you happen to be in Rajasthan during Gangaur, experience the splendid processions, Rajasthani folk music, dance, puppet shows, sumptuous food stalls, and astounding fireworks.

Where: Rajasthan

Key attractions of Gangaur: Puppet show and folk dances like Kalbelia Dance

Dates for Gangaur 2018: 20th March onwards

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2. Baisakhi – Beginning of a happy new year



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Baisakhi or Vaisakhi is one the most colorful festivals celebrated in summer season in India. The Punjabi community celebrates this festival to mark the new year by harvesting rabi crops. The farmers wear new colorful dresses, cook delicious food, and honor this new beginning with traditional dance and music, enacting farming stages, wrestling and fairs.

Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi as a collective birthday of the “Khalsa Brotherhood” created by the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh in the year 1699. The people of Sikh community celebrate this auspicious occasion with holy prayer, cooking Kara prasad or sweetened semolina and langar(community lunch).

Where: Punjab and Haryana

Key attractions of Baisakhi: Bhangra and Gidda dance

Dates for Baisakhi in 2018: 14th April

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4. Moatsu Festival – A festival of delicious food, fun, folk dance



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The Moatsu festival is celebrated for 3 days in the first week of May. The main purpose of this festival is to bring joy, fun, and excitement in the tribe community after stressful activities like clearing fields, burning the jungles, sowing seeds, clearing the wells, and repairing houses.

The Ao Naga tribal communities celebrate Moatsu festival with renewed enthusiasm and happiness. In fact, it is one of the most fun festivals in summer season in India, celebrated with folk music, tribal dance, eating and drinking.

Where: Nagaland

Key attractions of Moatsu festival:Sangpangtu, which is a significant part of Moatsu where a huge fire is lit and women serve meat and wine to the men and kids sitting around the fire.

Dates for Moatsu festival in 2018: 1st -6th May





9. Sikkim Summer Festival – The exhilarating summer bonanz

Unlike other festivals celebrated in summer season in India, Sikkim Summer Festival is a month-long celebration. It features entertaining cultural shows, local food festivals, white water rafting in Teesta, Sikkimese folk dances, showcase of films on Sikkim tourism, local handicrafts exhibitions and stunning flower shows displaying orchids, rhododendrons and primulas.

Where: Gangtok, Sikkim

Key attractions of Sikkim Summer Festival:Thrilling yak safari in the outskirts of Gangtok

Dates for Sikkim Summer Festival 2018: 1st -31st May