Durga Pooja is one of the main festival in India particularly for eastern part of India. The unification of Goddess Durga ties all Indians in a cohesive bond across the planet. It is jointly celebrated with Navaratras which is most popular in the Northern and Western part of India.
Durga pooja’s essence is to commemorate the victory of good over evil and divine feminist. It begins with the welcome of Goddess as Mahalaya and ends with Vijaya Dashami. To fight off the demon king, Mahishashura, all gods came together to worship Adi Shakti and what emerged out was Goddess Durga who killed the demon on the 10th day of fight. Durga Puja is celebrated with much pomp among all Bengalis from Indian community across the globe.
”Daandiya” is a very popular dance form that is observed during these nine days of celebration, where men and women dance with colorful sticks on music beats that is said to be a recreation of battle between the Devi and demon.
Colombia is primarily a Catholic country however, Colombia has embraced Durga Puja as their own festival and equally love and respect our Indian tradition and customs. They perform and participate with us with the same enthusiasm in all the cultural activities that takes place during the time.
Durga pooja is a festival that brings people together. Durga pooja is organized every year to celebrate one out of many Indian Culture in Colombia. Durga Pooja celebration in Bogota, Colombia had started in 2015 and this will be the 9th year of the celebration in Bogota.
The event runs purely on donations and different people serve voluntarily. During the pandemic, we organized Durga pooja on a smaller scale.
The Indian Community at Bogota served more than 400 lunches to express our gratitude to the first-line Doctors, nurses, and medical staff for their tireless efforts to fight against Covid 19. We also donated to the Mission of Charity. In 2019, Durga Pooja, Bogota got 10th position among Durga Pooja held worldwide.
Durga Pooja 2023 was organized on a magnificent scale with various activities including both Colombian and Indian cultural performances being a major attraction. Government officials from both countries had been invited to grace this auspicious occasion.
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