Gorehabba
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 Balipadyami in the small village of Gumatapura in Karnataka, India.[1][2]
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
- "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.
External links
- Gorehabba festival celebrant piles cow dung, BBC Motion gallery
- Dung-slingers aim at peace, Deccan Herald
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