CBSE Class 2 EVS Celebrating Festivals,worksheets, Sample papers, and easy to learn study notes, Sample Paper, Guide, Online and Offline,NCERT Solution

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NCERT & CBSE Class 2 EVS Celebrating Festivals
Celebrating Festivals in India with family
India is a land of festivals. We celebrate festivals with great enthusiasm. Festivals bring
happiness, joy and add colour to our lives.

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Diwali festival
Diwali is the festival of Lights. On this day, people worship the goddess Lakshmi.
People decorate their houses and wear new clothes. They also exchange sweets.
Children burst crackers.
Festival of Holi
The Festival of Holi is the celebration of colours. Holi is a spring festival, celebrated in the
month of March. People sing, dance and play with colours on this day.

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Christmas
Christmas is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on 25th
December every year. Churches are decorated beautifully. People decorate Christmas
trees and exchange gifts with loved ones.
Gurupurab
Gurupurab is celebrated to mark the birthdays of the ten Sikh Gurus. Gurudwaras are
deccorated beautifully.
People wear new clothes and visit Gurudwaras.

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Eid festival
Eid is a festival that marks the end of the Ramzan. Ramzan is the holy month in which
Muslims keep fast. On the day of the festival, Muslims gather in large groups at the
mosques and offer their prayers or Namaz. Also, a special sweet dish, called Sewaiyan is
cooked.

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Dussehra festival
This festival marks the victory of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana. Dussehra is
celebrated twenty days before Deepawali. Huge Effigies of Ravana, his brother
Kumbhkaran and son Meghnatha are burnt on big grounds. It is also called the Vijay
Dashmi.
Pongal festival
Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu which lasts for three days.
On the first day, people worship the rain god. On the second day, people worship the
sun god and on the third day, people worship the cow.

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Oman
Oman is the biggest harvest festival of Kerala. People wear new clothes and decorate
their houses. Lasts for 10 days. Boat races are held and snake boat race is a special
attraction.
Ganesh
Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is the festival devoted to the elephant god Ganesha.. This festival is
celebrated in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. People bring
idols of Lord Ganesha at home and worship it. They also make sweets called Modak
and offer them to Lord Ganesha.