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Saturday, Jul 29, 2006

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"Teej Festival" showcases colours of Rajasthan

Madhur Tankha

5-day festival to herald the monsoon's onset

NEW DELHI: Good old Dilli Haat here is hosting the annual five-day "Teej Festival" these days to herald the onset of the monsoon.

Organised by Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) Limited in association with Rajasthan Government's Department of Tourism, the festival offers visitors colourful bangles and special Rajasthani delicacies like "ghevar'' besides cultural performances by folk artistes from the North Indian State.

The festival has a line-up of interesting activities as part of Teej festivities like traditional "mehndi'' and "rangoli'' besides fancy dress competition and folk songs and dances.

There are also performances by the forgotten Rajasthani performers of Algoza and special "nagara'' from Banchar village.

Rajasthani women have made an exquisite "rangoli'' on the floor of the venue, while Rajasthanis settled in New Delhi turned up in resplendent bride and bridegroom dresses and traditional pugarees (headgear) for the fancy dress competition on Friday.

For food connoisseurs there is a tempting vegetarian fare from Rajasthan that includes "dal'', "bati'', "choorma'' and sweets.

The Teej festival, which is dedicated to Goddess Parvati, was inaugurated on Wednesday and is open till this Sunday.

A large number of people from the Capital and the neighbouring townships of Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon have visited the festival over the past three days.

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