I Am Local's video: Phag Fair Rampur Bushare 2018

Click on CC for subtitle AN ANNUAL PHAG FAIR IS ONE OF THE VERY FAMOUS RELIGIOUS FAIR CELEBRATED IN HIMACHAL.IT HARBINGERS THE NEW YEAR (CHAITRA- VAISHAKH) AS PER HINDU CALENDER AND ORGANISED AT RAJ DARBAAR IN RAMPUR BUSHAHAR. THIS VERY BEAUTIFUL CITY RAMPUR BUSHAHAR IS SITUATED 130 KMS FROM SHIMLA AT BANKS OF SATLUJ RIVER. THIS SIX DAY FAIR IS CELEBRATED IN THE LAST WEEK OF PHALGUN MONTH OF HINDU CALENDER – THUS THE NAME PHAG MELA. PHAG FAIR DATES BACK TO BUSHAR DYNASTY CENTURIES AGO WHEN A LOT OF SHEPHERDS USED TO COME TO THE GATES OF RAJ DARBAAR ALONG WITH THEIR HERDS OF SHEEP AND THE KING USED TO HOST A FAIR FOR THEM. TODAY THE SAME TRADITION IS KEPT ALIVE . FARMERS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS COME IN LARGE GROUPS TO RAMPUR, CARRYING LOCAL DEITIES ON THEIR HEADS WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PROCESSINGS! THE WHOLE SCENARIO IS SO MESMERZING AND FULL OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES. FOURTEEN DIETIES IN ONE GROUND WITH LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. BLESSINGS FROM LOCAL DIETIES, ONGOING FUN IN FORM OF NATI (TRADITIONAL DANCE OF HIMACHAL), LOCAL SONGS AND LOCAL MUSIC EQUIPMENTS ARE AMAZING TO SEE.EVEN DIETIES DANCE IN THIS AUSPICIOUS MOMENT AND SHOWER BLESSINGS ON EVERYONE. TRADERS COMES FROM FAR AND NEAR AND JOIN FAIR TO DISPLAY CLOTHES, WOOL, PASHMINA, ORNAMENTS, FRUITS AND OTHER LOCAL PRODUCTS, RIDES FOR CHILDREN EVEN MAKES THEIR DAY IN THIS FAIR. PHAAG FAIR UPHOLDS AND DISPLAYS TO THE WORLD HIMACHAL’S RICH TRADITION, FRIENDLY PEOPLE AND AMAZING SPLENDOURS AND BRING FORTH THE RELIGION, RITUALS, BELIEF, AND ARE ABOUND IN FOLK SONGS, DANCE FORMS, AND OTHER LUCID EXPESSIONS OF THE INNOCENT PEOPLE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH. Credits Video by RCH FILMS Directed and Edited By - Deepak Roach Voice Over & Content By - Sujata Sharma Director of Photography - Ricky Rajpoot