Yesterday we are celebrated Pola festival.Pola is a bull-respecting festival celebrated by farmers mainly in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, Northern parts of Telangana as Polala Amavasya. On the day of Pola, the farmers decorate and respect their bulls. Pola falls on the day of the Pitri Amavasya in the month of Shravana.
Respect animals…
Thanks for sharing this post @Narayan11 . I love the coloured outfits on the bulls. Do they signify something? What happens during the Pola? I’d love to know more. Thank you.
Hello LG @Narayan11 …
Very good post = Colorful, sharp photos & Brief
Being an Indian, I know we respect & worship COWs… This is a new information for me too…
Expect some more details & few more Photos too…
Thanks for sharing
@JustineE It is a festival denoting gratitude for the bulls who are used in ploughing the paddy fields. The season comes to a close and people decorate their bulls with myriad colors. Most of the colors used are organic in nature to not harm the bulls. The bulls have a day off and are celebrities in a procession through the villages accompanying their owners with lots of music and dancing going on in the background.
You would find streets lined up with wooden or mud toy bulls with wheels on them which people buy for their children who would then attach a rope to it and playfully roll them on their curbs.
In the areas where this is the major festival, the highlighting tradition is honoring the oldest bull in the village by letting it go first. It will go and break the ropes tied between trees just like an Olympic runner. The breaking of the rope signifies the grand opening of celebrations, if you may. And the rest of the cattle and other young bulls follow.
Thank you @Narayan11 for showcasing the central Indian local festivals. As mentioned by @TravellerG , more information would certainly be interesting for other local guides who are interested in knowing of these popular yet not much widely known traditions.
How cool @ArchitOjha . The bulls are celebrities for a day. It is good to honour those who enrich our lives-whether they be animals or people. Thank you for explaining this traditional custom to me.
On the day of Pola the bulls are first given a shower and afterwards decorate with adornments and shawls (zull) (outfits) .their horns are painted and their necks are decorated with laurels of blooms .the bulls don’t work that day, and they are a piece of parade where agriculturist commend the yeild season
People who don’t have bulls they are worshiped bulls which are made by clay. Thanks @JustineE
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Thank you @Narayan11 . It sounds like a very bright, joyful day.
Thanks for your interesting post and photos about the Pola Festival @Narayan11 . It’s great to see that the bulls have their day! From having read many posts today, it seems that there are many festivals on at the moment throughout India!
Thanks @AdamGT .It’s a time of festivals in indian .Today we are celebrate the festival of Lord Ganesha.
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