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Why Do We Dance Garba?Nine nights in a circle.
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Why Do We Fly Kites?Makar Sankranti and the sky over Ahmedabad.
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Eight days of looking inside.
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The birthday of the twenty-fourth Jina.
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A welcome on the floor.
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Mahavira's nirvana night.
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Lakshmi likes a clean house.
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Fourteen dreams, read aloud.
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A new start.
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Going to the Jain temple.
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Boxes of mithai for the neighbours.
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The night Lakshmi visits.
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The whole story in one night.
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Krishna, Radha and a handful of gulal.
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Prahlada's night.
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Nine forms of the Devi.
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The lamp in the middle of the circle.
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Sticks, rhythm and Krishna.
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The hour he was born.
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Jhula for a baby god.
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A promise on the wrist.
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Ten days with a guest.
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Visarjan: saying goodbye till next year.
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A night with Shiva.
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Bestu Varas.
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Why Do We Celebrate Two New Years?January and Diwali.
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Flowers for King Mahabali.
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Why Does the Pongal Pot Boil Over?Good luck rising.
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The birthday of the Khalsa.
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Five days of the Mother.
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Thanking the sun.
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Why Do We Eat Neem and Jaggery on Ugadi?Bitter and sweet, like a year.
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A flag for the new year.
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Spring in Assam.
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Why Does Mum Look at the Moon on Karva Chauth?A fast that ends with the moon.
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The full moon of the guru.
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Why Do We Celebrate Ram Navami?Rama's birthday.
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Hanuman's birthday.
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Why Do We Burn Ravana on Dussehra?Good over not-good, told gently.
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