🇮🇳The traditional Gorehabba festival, which involves

🇮🇳The traditional Gorehabba festival, which involves participants throwing cow dung at each other, took place in southern India

The festival takes place in Gumatapura, Karnataka. The custom arose over a hundred years ago due to the local belief that their god, Beereshwara Swamy, was born from cow dung.

The dung for the festival is collected in advance and consecrated in a temple. The excrement is then spread out on the street, where locals collect it and throw it at each other. It is believed that those who participate in the battle will have good luck throughout the year.

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