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This fair is
organised in the only Church of the Baran district in the village Piplod in Atru
tehsil. This fair is organised on 25th December every year. Though this fair is
organised near Church but local Hindu-Muslim also participate in the fair.
Phuldol Folk
Festival
This is the one of the oldest folk festival of the
Rajasthan state. This festival is organised every year in the Kishanganj town on
the occasion of Holi festival. The local resident of the town started this
festival by the marriage ceremony of the Tulsi in their home with the statue of
God Charbhujaji about 116 years ago. It is the tradition in the families that
the groom comes to the in-laws home with their friends to play Holi. This
tradition is followed by the God Charbhujaji and all the residents of Kishanganj
town. On the day of Holi-Dulandi, lots of Swang(type of drama) is being played
in all the town. Some of the famous swangs are Gidh-Rawan-Yudh, Band-Bandi swang
etc. This festival runs all the day upto late in the night. Lots of people from
nearby places come to witness the festival.
Urs -
Balakhera
About 33 Km. from Baran, there is a small village
Balakhera, where Urs is being celebrated for last 33 years. It is interesting to
note that this Urs was initiated by a Hindu Brahman family. Even today the flag
of the Urs is taken out from the house of the descendant of this
family.
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