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Festivals & fairs·Garhwal· 11 days after Diwali

Egaas Bagwal

इगास बग्वाल

Egaas Bagwal
© Ramesh NG · CC BY-SA 2.0

Garhwal's own Diwali. Villagers play 'bhailo' — whirling bundles of burning pine wood (chheela) on ropes — dance around bonfires and feed cattle special meals. Folk memory links it to the late return of the warrior Madho Singh Bhandari from Tibet.

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