NARKASUR

NARKASUR


After exams , childrens start making narkasur with full excitement. They go for donations, and with that money they buy materials used for making narkasur. They start with mask with paper patches on mud. Then with skeleton of bamboo sticks, with paper patches then painting. They make trolley for roaming around the village with narkasur and collect money from house by house.
Making of Narkasur is full of craze  there is a competition on narkasur in many place  and making of big Narkasur are doneThere are many legends related to the festival of Diwali in India. However in Goa the Narkasur legend of Diwali is well known and is the reason for the Diwali celebrations. Diwali in Goa is marked by Narkachaturdashi, in which huge effigies of the demon Narkasur are built and then burnt.
According to the legend of Narkasur it is known that in the ancient times, the beautiful land of Goi or Gomantak was ruled by the demon king Narkasur. Narkasura had obtained a lot of powers which made him quite arrogant and he began to spread terror, cause destruction and torture people wherever he went. He also used to kidnap young beautiful girls and this caused great unhappiness among the people of the world.With and plays music  with dhol ,Tashe , kalase  and then in competition fight between krishna and Narkasur and the competition is also in many palces with full of craze A lot of money is sometimes spent on making these effigies as some institutions conduct Narkasura competitions and give away cash prizes for the best made one. The effigy of Narkasur is then taken in a procession and later burnt at dawn amidst a lot of firework display to begin the festival of Diwali. It's not New year like  diwali starts after 12pm , but after that death of narkasura that is after burning narkasur Diwali begins with a new start after destroying the past

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