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The Halda festival, which is celebrated as the new year in the tribal district of Lahaul Spiti, has started from the Gahar Valley. With this, now Halda festival will be celebrated on different dates in different valleys. Halda is celebrated with traditional rituals in Gahar Valley on Thursday night. People lit torches and worshiped the presiding deity. All the people gathered at one place and celebrated this festival with great pomp.
Halda festival is a major festival of Lahaul Spiti, which is also celebrated as New Year. During this, the people of the valley try to drive away the evil spirits by taking out torches and processions. In which all the torch bearers celebrate this festival by making noise by speaking, hall da ho, hall da ho.
People light torches during the Halda festival in Gahar Valley of Lahaul Spiti.
don’t leave the house
According to the Buddhist calendar, the Halda festival and the new year are celebrated every year according to the traditional rituals. After celebrating this festival, people did not come out of their homes for a week. Neither used to talk to anyone, but due to the change with the times, now people stay inside the houses with their families only for 1 or 2 days.
this is recognition
It is said that these days all the gods and goddesses of the valley are on their way to heaven. Due to this, the effect of demonic forces remains in the valley. To avoid the effects of these forces, torches are lit only at midnight. Experts say that Halda festival is the ancient festival of Lahaul Spiti. It is celebrated every year. It is also considered a symbol of the new year. Buddhist monks celebrate it.
People gather to celebrate Halda in the traditional way at night in Gahar Valley.
festival date set
The dates of the Bal Halda event, which is celebrated as a new year, are determined according to the Buddhist calendar. Therefore, Buddhist lamas have fixed the dates of celebrations for different valleys. In which this festival started from Gahar Valley on the night of 13 January and it will be celebrated in other valleys.
Now here Manega Halda
14 January – Tod Valley 16 January – Tinna Valley 17 January – Pattan Valley 23 January – Ranglo
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