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Phool Dei: Uttarakhand's festival of flowers to teach kids environmental conservation
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The festival of Phool Dei is celebrated in the Garhwal and Kumaun regions of Uttarakhand every year in the flowering season (March-April) for about a month.
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About Phool Dei Festival:
- The festival of Phool Dei is celebrated in the Garhwal and Kumaun regions of Uttarakhand every year in the flowering season (March-April) for about a month.
- Children, particularly young girls, go into farms, forests and gardens after bathing and collect fresh flowers to offer to the local deities as a welcome gesture for the onset of spring season.
- The local belief is that placing flowers at the doorsteps of houses for the gods will bring prosperity and blessings.
- The groups of children, known as Phoolyari,bring flowers daily to the households and receive money and sweets in return from each family on the last day of spring.
- This is the month when entire Uttarakhand is covered with a blanket of colourful flowers, mainly from peach, plum, apricot, cherry, almond, and pear and apple trees.
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