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LOCAL FESTIVALS
Deva Mela
The annual urs of Haji Waris
Ali Shah is celebrated between October and November at Deva 10 km. from
Barabanki. This fair attracts pilgrims from as far as Pakistan and the
Middle East Countries. The shrine of the Sufi Saint is much revered by
Muslim pilgrims all over the world.
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Lucknow Festival (November)
The Lucknow Festival
is a ten day long event held between 25 November and 5
December. This festival celebrates Lucknow's living culture. A brilliant
showcase of arts & crafts,
the festival is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Colorful processions, traditional dramas,
Kathak dances in the style of the famous Lucknow gharana, sarangi and
sitar recitals along with ghazals, qawalis and thumri create a festive
atmosphere. Exciting events like ekka races, kite flying, cock fighting
and other traditional village games makes the city alive.
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Shi'ite
Muharram
Muharram is not a festival in the
celebratory sense as it mourns the Karbala tragedy when Imam Husain,
grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was martyred in the early days of Islamic
history. This occasion is an important feature in the calendar of Lucknow
as it is the principal Shi'ite Indian city since the time of the Nawabs.
This is also a spectacle of repentance as followers afflict themselves with
whips at the Bara Imambara. Dates of the celebrations vary from year to
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