Gorehabba

Gorehabba or Gore Habba 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

References

^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/this-indian-village-celebrates-cow-dung-festival-to-mark-end-of-diwali-101636307698144.html
^ "Gorehabba". Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India (SCFI). Retrieved 2013-04-12.
^ Phadnis, Shekher (October 16, 2011). "A Strange Diwali Celebration". The Navhind Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
^ Madhav, Pramod (November 4, 2024). "Why does this Tamil Nadu village throw cow dung to end Diwali?". India Today. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

External links

Gorehabba festival celebrant piles cow dung, BBC Motion gallery
Dung-slingers aim at peace, Deccan Herald

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