Culture, Tradition and Festivals of Mussoorie

Image Source: Sainji village

People here are very welcoming and soft hearted. They spent their lives being dependent on agriculture. New generation is now shifting from agriculture to business which is very common for the people living in tourist places. The main language spoken by the local people is Garhwali and Jaunpuri but they use other languages also like Hindi and Kumauni. If we talk about clothes and dress up, local people usually follow western culture but people living in nearby villages wear traditional attire- ‘ghagra and khilka’. Usually the houses in villages are ‘pukka houses’. It's a tradition in some villages to hang corn outside their house. Cuisines  from hill stations cant be compared to any other food. It's so delicious and yummy. Every type of food is available in Mussoorie from continental, Chinese to Italian but some local dishes like chille, aske, pinole and baadi have different fan base and usually made by villagers during some special festival. 

Every festival is celebrated with the same enthusiasm in Mussoorie. Diwali is one of the main festivals for the people especially ‘badi diwali’ which is celebrated after one month of Deepawali. It's so interesting to see this festival as the whole villagers play tug of war and make food together.

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