Rang Panchami
- Celebrated on/during: March
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Significance:
This day for the festival of colour is more prevalent in the central Madhya Pradesh, specially in Dewas . People celebrate by throwing fragrant red powder (gulal) and splashing coloured water, etc. on others. In Dewas , a procession headed by a water tank and cannons circumambulation the town. It colours everyone in the street. People celebrate it in on a large scale and revel in the festivities by singing, dancing and merry-making. These special dances provide those means to release all their repressed feelings, needs and desires. People also utter sound through their mouths in a peculiar fashion
People of Dewas city celebrates Rangpanchami with joy and enthusiasm.