People from Himachal Pradesh have their own believes and rituals. People love music and more love to sing songs with instruments and the best instrument they use is “flute”. Best known for their color and festivals like that of Haryana culture. Festivals are the Kullu Dussehra, Shivratri Fair (Mandi), Minjar Fair (Chamba), Mani Mahesh Chhari Yatra (Chamba), Renuka fair (Sirmaur), Lavi Trade Fair (Rampur), Vrajeshwari fair (Kangra), Jwalamukhi Fair (Jwalamukhi), Holi Fair (Sujanpur), Shivratri Fair (Mandi) and Naina Devi Fair (Bilaspur). Ramayana, Mahabharata, folklores and chilavery tales of local heores and religious deities are the themes for their folk dance. Some of the dance forms of Himachal are Losar Shona Chuksam (Kinnaur), Dangi (Chamba), Gee Dance and Burah dance, (Sirmour), Naati, Kharait, Ujagjama and Chadhgebrikar (Kullu) and Shunto (Lahaul & Spiti). About 90 percent of the people living in the state follow Hinduism and are divided into five main communities: Brahmins, Rajputs, Kannets, Rathis and Kolis. Apart from that you can also find tribal communities residing in the state, comprising mainly of Gaddis, Kinnars, Gujjars, Pangawals and Lahaulis. Though Hindi is the state language, many people speak Pahari. Pahari itself has many dialects and all of them trace their origin to the Sanskrit language. A majority of the population is engaged in agricultural work, however the more educated of them are now moving towards farming and other newer profession.
The people of Himachal Pradesh are quite simple in living and popularly known as Pahari people. Their number of festivals are more than J&K, Punjab and Haryana.In Himachal people are divided into Five main communities and other tribal communities too but we find that now all states are becoming the mixture of communities because of the hunt for jobs and livelihood .
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