Navaratri

The fall festival Navaratri (literally, “Nine Nights”) is also called Durga Puja, the worship of the Goddess Durga. Over the course of the first nine nights of the waxing half of this lunar cycle, beautiful images of the goddess are made and worshipped. American Hindus observe Navaratri in a variety of ways, including large public celebrations with the popular stick-dancing called the garba.