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• Anjali - Jul 21 2008 | in, india

  This year it is on Auust 16

  Quoted: On the day of Rakshabandhan, the girls take the rakhi which is attached to the strip of a cardboard and put in on top of a thali full of sweets. Covering her head with her dupatta, the sister sits in front of her brother, dabs his forehead with vermilion, saffron and rice powder, takes the colourful rakhi and ties it to his wrist she will then take a piece of some sweet meat and playfully stuff it in her brother's mouth. He, in his turn, as a mark of his affection places some money on the thali. All that day, till the evening the brother will keep the rakhi on his wrist. It is also customary to fry poories and cook vermicelli pudding on this occasion.
• Anjali - Aug 10 2007 | india

  This festival is on 28 August.

  Quoted: Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi the more popular of the two festivals, is a Hindu sister's day when brothers and sisters reaffirm their bonds of affections. Sisters tie colourful threads or rakhis on their brother's wrists. The brothers in turn promise to protect their sisters and give them gifts. If a girl who is a total stranger ties this chord on the wrist of a young man, from then onwards the two regard each other as brother and sister.