INDIA:Tribal Love Marriage, Bhagoria Haat is the colorful festival of the Bhils and the Bhilalas. This festival is held particularly in the district of West Nimar and Jhabua ,Celebrated mainly by the Bhils and the Bhilalas tribes it is a very colourful festival particularly in the west region of Nimar and Jhabua. Held in the month of March it is celebrated basically as a mass Swamvara (custom of choosing one's own groom), where the couple elope after choosing their partners and on return are acknowledged as husband and wife after performing the predetermined rituals. The boy shows his consent by applying Gulal (powdered colour) on the face of the girl and the girl responds in the similar fashion, if willing. They then elope. The name Bhagoria, which means Bhag (run), is the evidence of the fact. Sometimes the festival only acts as a institutionalized framework for proclamation of the already made alliance.
As far as the legend is concerned this festival was earlier considered to be an opportunity to settle old conflicts and was sometimes converted into a battleground. This practice has become obsolete with the coming of law and order in the state. It is a series event marked a week before the onset of Holi and fairs are held in many villages. This festival is also regarded as the harvest festival as the harvesting of crops is done during that time..
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