Gorehabba or Gore Habba is a festival or ritual in India of splashing cow dung on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after Diwali's Bali Padyami in the small village of Gumatapura, in Karnataka, India. A similar festival is celebrated in Thalavadi village of Erode district in Tamil Nadu.
See also
- Carnival of Ivrea – an orange fight in Italy
- La Tomatina – a tomato fight in Spain
- Pidakala War – a cow dung fight following Ugadi in India
- Songkran – during which water fights are held in Thailand
References
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/this-indian-village-celebrates-cow-dung-festival-to-mark-end-of-diwali-101636307698144.html
- "Gorehabba". Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India (SCFI). Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- Phadnis, Shekher (October 16, 2011). "A Strange Diwali Celebration". The Navhind Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- Madhav, Pramod (November 4, 2024). "Why does this Tamil Nadu village throw cow dung to end Diwali?". India Today. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
External links
- Gorehabba festival celebrant piles cow dung, BBC Motion gallery
- Dung-slingers aim at peace, Deccan Herald
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