Write an essay describing a festival which is celebrated in your community . Include it’s brief history, people involved, major activities , religious or social importance , duration and drawbacks.
A Festive Mood
Perhaps we can say that West Bengal is a land of festivals . There is hardly a month which does not have festival . But undoubtedly the most important festival of West Bengal is Durga Puja . Recently I have celebrated this famous festival of West Bengal in our residential community. This four days festival is a Hindu festival but now has become a festival of all . I live in BRPL Township with my parents. It’s a residential area granted for all the members of BRPL Company. My father is an electrical engineer and working with this company for more than eight years. As a result the township is not less than but a home for us and we all live here like one family. Every year the township committee take all responsibilities to arrange this four days grand festival in our community.This particular festival is usually held in the month of October to mark the defeat of the evil at the hands of Virtue. Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and Dashami – these are the name of those auspicious four days.Here too people from all religions celebrate the first three days with great pomp and show. We all wear new clothes, visit Puja pandal ,have different kinds of delicious foods , participate into different kinds of games along with cultural program and enjoy the fullest. All schools and colleges of West Bengal are closed during these days. We all float ourselves with the waves of enjoyment. But Dashami is the last day of this festival, the day to give visarjan to Maa Durga. We all bid Good bye to Maa with tears in our eyes and start counting the days of her arrival for the next time. On this last day we all play sindoor khela at the puja pandal and go to the nearest river for the visarjan ceremony by doing procession. After that a culture program is usually arranged for Vijaya Sanmilani. Every coin has its two different sides. Here too some drawbacks also effect our social life and feelings. Though every year the sound limit and the timings are fixed ,still few aged person in our society face problems during these days. Complains also come against the sound and the pollution because of this. More awareness is needed. Our puja committee is working on it . Hope we will get a hazard free auspicious four days on the coming time.
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