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Festivals & fairs·Kumaon & Garhwal· Chaitra Sankranti (mid-March)

Phool Dei

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Phool Dei
© The Nilgiris Raju L · CC BY-SA 4.0

Children go door to door at dawn scattering spring flowers — fyonli, buransh, aaru — on every threshold, singing 'Phool dei, chhamma dei'. Families bless them with rice, jaggery and coins. A festival of welcoming spring and the new year.