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Gorehabba
Festival/Ritual celebrated in Karnataka, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gorehabba (Kannada: ಗೋರೆಹಬ್ಬ; Hindi: गोरेहब्बा) or is a festival or ritual in India of splashing cow dung[1] on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after Diwali's Bali Padyami in the small village of Gumatapura, in Karnataka, India.[2][3] A similar festival is celebrated in Thalavadi village of Erode district in Tamil Nadu.[4]
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
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