| The birth of a New
Year is a whole new beginning and marks the time
when the world awakens from it's wintry slumber.
So almost all the Hindu New Year festivals fall
on the beginning of the spring months when nature
turns bountiful and blesses the earth with fruitful
greenery. The beautiful flowers that bloom in spring,
the early bird songs, the fresh harvests which are
the fruits of past labour and the commencement of
a new agricultural cycle . All these symbolise the
dawn of another year. Thus, every colourful spring
festival of the hindus, with all the expectations,
apprehensions, hope and joy woven in the festivities,
is essentially a New Year celebration. |
