A fair is an important event in every human society, modern or primitive, rural or urban. We call it a mela and the west hold the carnival. It is a place where people of all castes and classes visit and participate in their own way for their own reasons. It is like going to a tirtha. This book makes an attempt to understand the nature and character of the Punjab fairs that had not been studied before. Not to talk of the analysis, even ethnographic details are ...
