Ballia's Unique 7-Day Holi: Fagua Unites Hindus, Muslims in Chora Village

• Ballia's Chora village celebrates a unique 7-day Holi tradition where Fagua songs resonate from Vasant Panchami until a week after Holi.
• The tradition fosters social unity, with Hindus and Muslims from all communities participating together, singing door-to-door with dhol, manjira, and daf.
• On Holi day, people from Chora and Salempur villages gather at Nath Baba's Mathiya, forming two groups to sing Fagua.
• Every evening, villagers visit each doorstep to sing traditional Holi Fagua, receiving abeer, a practice that continues until late night.
• Elders like Veer Bahadur Singh and youngsters like Adarsh Kumar Singh actively participate, preserving this ancient custom that promotes communal harmony.