MOAR POLLS

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

OKAY SO there had been plans in the works for Raven to offer to take a bunch of people to India on March 1st and 2nd to the Holi Festival/Festival of Colors. HOWEVER DUE TO SOME MAJOR PLOTS BEING AT THAT TIME, I'm going to have to kill that plan and go with something else.

(People who had been really looking forward to Holi: there will be an open rp that day about it, so shenanigans involving tossing waterballoons filled with paint can still be had!)
SO CAPEANDCOWL... WHICH FESTIVAL SHOULD SHE TAKE PEOPLE TO INSTEAD?

[Poll #1522003]

(whichever is picked will get a much more detailed post on things so you aren't confused... but here, have some basic stuff...)



Navratri
The first three days of Navratri are dedicated to Goddess Durga (Warrior Goddess) dressed in red and mounted on a lion. Her various incarnations - Kumari, Parvati and Kali - are worshipped during these days. They represent the three different classes of womanhood that include the child, the young girl and the mature woman. Next three days are dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity), dressed in gold and mounted on an owl and finally, last three are dedicated to Goddess Saraswati (Goddess Of Knowledge), dressed in milky white and mounted on a pure white swan. Sweetmeats are prepared for the celebrations. Children and adults dress up in new bright-colored dresses for the night performances.
The ninth day is the final day of Navratri celebrations, which is also known as 'Mahanavami'. On this day, Kanya puja is performed, where nine young, who have not yet reached the stage of puberty, are worshipped. Each of these nine girls symbolizes one of the nine forms of Goddess Durga. The feet of the girls are washed, to welcome the goddess and show respect to her. Thereafter, the girls are offered food and a set of new clothes, as a gift from the devotees.

- It just screams 'This could involve massive shenanigans involving children'
- NEW FANCY INDIAN CLOTHES FOR EVERYONE. B| Everyone. Especially the girls.
- Yeah this is mostly a girl-focused holiday sorry
- Much dancing and singing in the streets and at the temples
- Giant bonfires!
- Tasty food since you don't have to partake in the fasting of the Northern states!


Ram Navami
Ram Navami is a Hindu festival, celebrating of the birth of Lord Rama, son of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya, and a divine figure in Hinduism believed to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In the Ramayana, Dasarath, then king of Ayodhya, is believed to have had three wives named Kaushalya, Sumithra and Kaikeyi. Their greatest worry was that they had no male children, and so they had no heir to the throne. Rishi Vasistha suggests him to perform Puthra Kamesti Yagna, through which he can have a desired child. He also tells him to bring Maharshi Rushya Shrunga to perform this Yagna for him. Immediately King Dasharath gives his consent, and heads to Maharshi Rushya Shrunga's ashram, to get him. Maharshi agrees and will accompany Dasharath to Ayodhya (Capital of Avadha) and performs the yagna. As the result of yagna, Yagneshwar appears and hands Dasarath a bowl of Payasam and asks him to give it to his wives. Dasharath gives one half of the payasam to his elder wife Kausalya, and another half to his younger wife Kaikeyi. They both give half of their portions to Sumithra. After few days all three Queens conceive. On the ninth day (Navami) of Chaithra Masa (last month in Hindu calendar), at noon Kaushlya gives birth to Lord Sri Ram, Kaikeyi gives birth to Bharath, and Sumithra to twin boys, Lakshman and Shatrughan. Lord Ram is the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who takes birth on earth when Adharma over rules Dharma. He protects all his devotees by vanquishing the roots of Adharma. Lord Ram was born on earth to destroy the demon named Ravan.

- Parades in the streets
- Sweet and savory foods for all
- Businesses and homes are decorated to the max with flowers
- Ceremonial weddings performed in the temples
- FIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT
- Large fairs (especially in the city she'd be taking people to)
- Storytellers
- Huge musical productions going on EVERYWHERE

Comments

[ajrimmer-ssc.livejournal.com]

HUGE MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS FTW!

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

LULZ THEY'RE EVERYWHERE

IT'S KIND OF INSANE

[ajrimmer-ssc.livejournal.com]

WHO VOTED AGAINST CUTE ANIMALS

WHAT IS THIS

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

fact: hulk doesn't like cute animals

[yayashton.livejournal.com]

. . . Was there anything relevant in this post besides "musical numbers"?

'cause that's all I saw.

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

XD!

Yeah they're pretty elaborate shows. It's impressive.

[yayashton.livejournal.com]

WELL you're talking to the gal who plays loads of musical characters. It's like an auto-ping.

I actually think I've heard of this festival before, but I'm fuzzy on it.

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

Not surprising, as it's one of their largest they hold, that spans the entire country.

If it wins I'll have an entire post about it in vast detail.

[olesia]

dressed in red and mounted on a lion.

WELL I KNOW WHERE MY VOTE IS GOING. x]

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

I saw that and I was like "FFFFFFFFFFFRUKA"

[olesia]

Whereas the other one offers "KILLING THE DEMON NAMED RAVEN" so

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

HEY.


it's not Raven

[olesia]

Ravan whatever it's close enough.

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

fffff

I don't know which festival I like more really

[olesia]

Go to the first festival, skip the last day of it, go to the second festival. Done.

[unnamed-nothing.livejournal.com]

HEY

HEY

NOBODY IS DRESSING IN RED AND SITTING ON MY BACK

NOBODY

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

OH COME ON BE A SPORT

[unnamed-nothing.livejournal.com]

...








FINE

BUT I'M CHARGING $50 A RIDE AND THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE ASPCA

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

/shells out the money for every single child on the trip to do this

[rock-it-punch.livejournal.com]

I couldn't decide so I picked cute animal picture

(http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/Furufuruchan/?action=view&current=alpacas.jpg)

ALPACAS

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

AWWWW SO FUZZY

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

/attacks Rimmer with water pistol anyway

[ajrimmer-ssc.livejournal.com]

[tinybutdeadly]

idk either, so here's a cute thing.

[outofindia.livejournal.com]

Huzzzah!

(What do you mean India is not part of the British Empire??}