As the winters dawn in the beautiful
city of Jaisalmer, the wait for of great “Desert Festival” begins as
well. In the month of February, three days long festival begins and its
craze and grandeur is one to envy. It completely enhances the beauty of
empty yellow sands of the great grand “Thar Desert” as it fills the air
with joy and festivity celebrations. The music, laughter and charm of
desert festival are very much enjoyed by every tourist visiting
Jaisalmer. This desert festival has lead to promotion of Jaisalmer
tourism greatly. The festival is in fact organized by the Jaisalmer tourism authorities for the entertainment of tourist every year.
The tranquil sands of Jaisalmer glitter in molten gold. Rajasthan folk culture
is on its all time high as rustic local men and women dressed in
costumes sing and dance with great joy. Traditional music is played
beautifully and tunes touch heart and souls of tourists. Horse and camel
sports, traditional cousins, healthy competition, cultural craft stalls
and a huge range of colorful desert belongings welcome you on the
Jaisalmer festival tour. Due to all these cultural activities the
Jaisalmer tourism is improving day by day.
There are different ways in which
the visiting tourists are made part of the celebration. For the
entertainment of tourists, dances, tug of war and turban tying
competitions are held. The most entertaining and awaited is the Mr.
Desert competition. It is so as it is judged on the length of moustaches
of the participants. Along with these, the people of Jaisalmer
entertained tourist by puppet shows and dance in the cultural songs. The
people of Jaisalmer are friendly, calm and warmth and they always
welcome tourist as their precious guest. One of the reason of improving
or development of Jaisalmer tourism is Jaisalmer people’s nature.
Other highlights of the desert festival
are presence of snake charmers, acrobats, puppeteers, and folk dancers.
The camels, animals that are the part and parcel of life in desert also
show up in the festival. The proud villagers participate with their
camels in the camel dances. Camels compete in games like race, acrobats,
polo and tug of war. The desert festival
is three day show of music, festivity and color. Fire dancers and Gair
swaying to conventional tunes are the part of frolic and fun.
All the proud villagers are dressed in their traditional dresses and look their best as they come and enjoy the festivities of desert festival of Jaisalmer.
Every year lots of people from different countries like to spend their
vacation on this Golden City of India. Spending vacation on Jaisalmer is
one of the best and memorable vacations in the life of visitors.
Jaisalmer tourism has indeed made it the best attractions of Jaisalmer but the whole of Rajasthan.
