TEEJ FESTIVAL, Jaipur

teej festival

TEEJ FESTIVAL, Jaipur

Teej is a very beautiful and colorful festival enjoyed by Rajasthani,s in rainy season by eating sweets like Gahewar an traditionally sweet of Rajasthan.On this occasion children's and females gather together and share sweets and sing beautiful Teej songs while enjoying their sway on swings bedecked with flowers.
Teej is one of the most widely celebrated festivals of Rajasthan. Swings, traditional songs and dancing are the unique features of Teej celebrations in Rajasthan. Women perform traditional folk dance dressed in green colored clothes and sing beautiful Teej songs while enjoying their sway on swings bedecked with flowers.Females helps each other in making colorful Mehandi to each other.

Teej is celebrated with immense fun and fanfare in the capital city of Jaipur. On this day, women and young girls wear their best clothes and adorn themselves with fine jewellery. They gather at a nearby temple or a common place and offers prayers to Goddess Parvati for well being of their husbands.

On the occasion of Teej, markets in Jaipur are stocked with trendiest women accessories and clothes. Most of the fabric clothes display ‘laheria’ (tie and dye) prints. Sweet shops keep different Teej sweets but ‘Ghevar and Feeni’ is the main sweet of the season.

All over Rajasthan, swings are hung from trees and decorated with fragrant flowers. Women both married and unmarried love to swing on these swings to celebrate the 'Sawan festival'. </>
Sitting arrangements for tourist will be done on the terrace of Hind Hotel.

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