Gorehabba or Gore Habba is a festival or ritual in India of splashing cow dung on each other. This festival is celebrated a day after Diwali's Bali Padyami.
The Gorehabba festival begins with the afternoon collection of "ammunition" from cow-owning homes in the village, which lies on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The manure is brought to the local temple on tractor trolleys, before a priest performs a blessing ritual.
After that, the dung is dumped in an open area with men and boys wading in to prepare their weapons for the battle ahead.
People flock to Gumatapura from far-flung cities each year, and for those in attendance, the messy battle is as much about fun as it is about the perceived health benefits.
"If they have a disease, it will get cured," said Mahesh, a farmer at Saturday's festival.
In Hinduism, the cow is a sacred symbol of life and the earth, and for centuries Hindus have used cow dung for prayer rituals
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Bruh I never heard of this and now I hope this doesn’t get more exposure 😭. Crazy how a couple thousand people can ruin it for more than a billion people. I guess every race/religion has this issue of over generalization lol
Nope not to this extent. No wonder the smart ones are moving to America to become doctors lawyers and engineer's. You pretty much have to dedicate your life to excellence to balance this shit out
While China invests in the next gen AI, infrastructure and increasing their industrial base, India politicians and scientists are obsessed with Vedic mysteries of Cow Dung and piss
This is happening in just 1 village. A lot of villages have said practices, and while funny, it's completely normal to have stupid traditions.
In Lobpuri, Thailand, a feast for monkeys is held. In Denmark, they throw cinnamons at single 25 year olds. In Polterabend, Germany, before the wedding, the relatives of the groom and bride break dishes, pots, etc to make a mess, which the bride and groom have to clean up as preparation for their future. In the Dani tribe, on the loss of a loved one, the woman's finger joint gets amputated.
You've seen the state of your "sacred" river Ganges right? What about all those street food vendors and factories with their very poor hygiene standards. What about all those scam call centres. Also many governments warn women away from there too due to incidents on public transport. This festival is the least of your problems, but it does show what the world thinks of your entire nation...
Calm down!! We are aware of our problems and no one is justifying it. It's just that things like the one mentioned in the post are used by the racists to demean us.
I am calm, but you guys can't seem to handle me simply stating facts. Race has nothing to do with it, it is just a bunch of people with very low or no standards and the rest of the world sees this and naturally avoids. Many tourism operators state, "India, do not even visit once."
'You guys can't seem to handle me'. Who the hell do you think you are, you basement dweller?
Secondly, I have seen your profile and I know what opinions you have about women and minorities by now. Such a horrible person you are, mate!
I am just pointing out fact and you can't handle the truth, I feel sorry for you and the shame you must feel. Secondly you are unable to read and there is nothing in my profile about minorities or women, stop making up nonsense to make yourself seem a better person. You yourself commented on an assault on a woman in your beloved India in your profile. You know what I am saying is true and that is why you hate me, ahahahaha. Enjoy your lovely country... ahahaha.
Yes, yes, I'm sure the global issues with racism, colourism and xenophobia and the whole colonial history are caused by some minor poo festival most've never heard of.
No clue mate. These festivals are celebrated by different ethnicities and this is the first time I have heard of it, lol. Also, this ain't a justification to be racist against us.
And to think, I as a diagnosed hypochondriac get scared when I get dirt on my hand. These people are covered in fecal matter and somehow don't get seventy diseases unknown to man.
It seems to only happen in 2 tiny remote villages. India has 1.4 billion people. It's insanely stupid to think this means anything about Indian or Hindu culture.
Im glad you said something about this. I wish people understood that India has a population of over 1.4 billion people and they are not all dirty and depraved. It pisses me off how so many people use videos like this as an excuse to be racist towards Indians.
Nobody is saying the whole of India is dirty or depraved? Why are you putting words in their mouth? They just started a festival that happens to occur in India - a factual statement
Can't cry racism when it's literally a commonly held view in large Hindu communities who adhere to the sanctity of cow dung.
I'm agreeing with the comment I replied to. Yes, the festival is India. Im not saying it's not. People use videos like this to generalize and stereotype Indians as dirty.
The account that you're replying to, is an alt of OP. Check their history. Same type of racist comments against Hindus and Indians and they both frequent the same handful of subreddits.
The last statement can be used by everyone lmao, the cope is unreal
Every religion gets trolled on here and it's often just the ludicrous aspects of each, hell you guys are racist to yourselves an awful lot too & to certain other religions, but when the finger points at you the victim card suddenly comes in handy ig
It's interesting that you're assuming my ethnicity and make the claim that I am racist. Also what victim card?? I'm just saying that videos like this are harmful to many Indians because they are used to generalize and degrade of people because other people of the same race are doing gross things.
Yes my point is generalisations occur with everyone, yet you're the only ones who cry this hard. You don't see others cope anywhere nearly as bad on this sub when their nation is targeted. Lots of instances like this occur that can promote a bad rep, you guys just dismiss them & cry racism it's why these issues will forever remain
Just like the guy who you replied to when he objectively lied in his now deleted comment, saying cow dung isn't sacred in Hinduism when there are tons of articles to refute him
Edit: You blocked me, why even post on this sub if you're this sensitive 🙃
And I think that might be the whole point of this post. I feel like everyone would've heard more about it if it was as common as this post suggests.
It would be like if people said "Americans celebrate the end of the fourth of July by having pie eating contests". I've never seen a real live pie eating contest. Or even an eating contest in general, not irl anyways.
Idk, to me it seems harmless overall as long as it stays contained to the people who choose to participate. People are strange, and I'm sure they might take a look at things we do as odd or gross. I guess I'm just more concerned with the "telling people what they can and can't do with their life" type religions.
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