Jhijhiya
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Jhijhiya is a cultural folk dance of Mithila region of India and Nepal. It is performed during the Dusshera festival, in the Hindu month of Ashwin. The dance is performed to offer devotion towards god
Women performing Jhijhiya dance
Jhijhiya is performed from the first day of Navaratri to Bijaya Dashami in the Hindu month of Ashvin.
Vijayadashami
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Vijayadashami, more commonly known as Dasara, or Dassahra, or Dussehra, and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the e
Vijayadashami reveres Durga's and Rama's victory over evil depending on the region.
Dasara is observed with the burning of Ravana effigies.
Colour lithograph depicting a Ravan Davan event during Dussehra celebrations in Minto Park, Lahore, by Achille Beltrame, 1923
Saraswati puja on Vijayadashami in Maharashtra with symbolic drawing (yantra) of the goddess on a slate.