Kinnaur's Festival of Flowers | Fulaich at Nesang Village

Every year, for 5 days in September, the people of Nesang lock up their homes and go to the mountains to celebrate their Fulaich festival. Five days of music and dancing. More fun than I have ever seen in any festival before.
This is my humble attempt to document the festival. My tribute to the lovely people of Nesang who make me feel at home every time I visit their village.
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All traditional songs sung at the festival.
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[@tenzindolma4285]

This festival is one of the best childhood memories I have. One of the best tradition that every child from Nesang village would cherish it. And the traditional song that always lingers in my ears. Thank you so much for the video. Appreciate your work.

[@AshokSharma-im7jw]

This is the most impressive video I have seen related to Himachal. The way Bharat is getting westernized this video becomes more important and relevant. I believe that this video should be kept by the Himachal Government as a historical treasure. Kudos and Big Thanks to you. Lots of love from USA.

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Ashok

[@lobzangtsering8972]

India is so rich in culture and traditions, glad to have access to there unique culture through ur channel

[@prithvisubba6475]

You have beautifully documented a piece of rarely seen culture of a remote region. Well done

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Prithvi. Hopefully my videos can play a small part in keeping these traditions alive. People need to feel proud of their culture and the same time not look down on others as well. Btw thank you so much for your contribution through Instamojo. Really appreciate it

[@sanam153]

It gave me goosebumps, reminiscing the childhood memories, it’s been 16 years I attended the fulaich. Thank you very much

[@indiainmotion]

I can imagine the memories it could bring. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you.

[@mountainboy5757]

Credit goes to the people of kinnaur for keeping such tradition alive. And I hope in future too the young generation will keep it alive. This is the beauty of India.

[@anm13682]

Our schools in Kerala is having CBSE art integrated project about H. P and I stuck here and watching all your videos. One day I want to visit. Mountain 🗻🏔️ calling me

[@brindacockburn4033]

I'd rather see these types of documentary by people living in the Country itself rather than westerners. Thank you brother.

[@kimnegi]

A wonderful journey to the intricacies of fluach!!! And Dad you did an awesome job , narrative brings forth fervour, zeal and intensity of our festivity!!!

[@indiainmotion]

Absolutely Kim! Your dad's narration made all the difference to the video. I owe him a lot of gratitude for doing it.

[@Rashmi0815]

Oh my god... He was your father.... You are so lucky you born that heaven.

[@prernavinod7167]

"Mythology has no logic, if it had logic we will start analyzing the tradition." Incredibly informative video 👏

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Prerna. Personally I believe that these things (ceremonies) would have a reason behind them. Whether or not they make logical any sense in today's day and age is debatable. But the stories would be fascinating nonetheless. And that is what I'm interested in.

[@RajatMakwana26]

I think we analyse too much now a days and some time having faith is something is better then using logic.

[@stevechinoy1987]

Kinnauris are the nicest people I've ever met. Special place in my heart for the place and its people.

[@Pratibha-td7gm]

Very beautiful.

[@BeGhent]

Thanks bhai!! For showing such an amazing content.

[@indiainmotion]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@santoshkumarappala6681]

What an amazing documentary. Simply superb. Thanks Saravanaji for giving us fantastic stories from across the country.

[@_s.t.sana_]

Really a commendable job to showcase our pious and traditional culture to this fast paced world.. Heartfelt gratitude.. 😀 #incredibleindia #faayul

[@indiainmotion]

Thank you

[@deepaknegi7351]

Wow bhai bhut pyara gawo h I love hit

[@adamakaru2683]

I love India, and I love your presentation "India in motion" thank you, so much and give us all more thank you.

[@aryanbhai2477]

Thank you sir for explaining it so nicely with polite cultural essence in your speach

[@chinderchethan]

India in motion is Redefining the travel vlogs. It is interesting to see the tradition and customs with the beautiful sceneries from himachal. Well crafted!

[@HanifArif]

So Beautiful culture, Place and people. Love from Pakistan

[@aabeejan4238]

Join them religiously and culturally. Headless, think about that these innocent people are going to hell.

[@gauravdev170]

Humza valley and himanchali have same culture but your government is converting them to Muslim

[@AmitThakur-rk8uw]

Rich culture of kinnaur We need to conserve it.

[@TheWanderingHermit]

thanks for showcasing the grandiosity of the fulaich festival to the world!!

[@indiainmotion]

You are welcome. Hopefully people would enjoy the video like I enjoyed the festival.

[@rustamnegi3551]

Very nice...this culture of ours should be maintained and not to be forgotten...very impressive...😊

[@catsaremyworld]

Thankyou so much for bringing this side of my own country which I never knew about. Loads of respect for you🙏🙏❤️

[@vishal322761]

Lots of knowledge and good to know this about our beautiful himachal pradesh....such a knowledge able video sir....

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Vishal. Glad you found it informative.

[@Techno-Charge]

Thank you, learnt something new, i didn't know about fulaich, Festival of flowers. 👍

[@SridharYoYo]

Wow! Traditions that need to be preserved!

[@swasthjeevan9041]

Dhanyawaad! Bohot hi sundar tarah se darahata aur bataya is Kinnauri Nesang Fulaich festival k barey me. Itni saadgi aur nirmalta se sabhi ne bhaag liya. Sabse badiya k Shri Govind Lama ji k saath dance hua. Thank you Negi ji for this.

[@Poohbear456_76]

Thanx for showing our himalayan culture to world.

[@Jnaiha]

My Bharat is so so Beautiful !!!. Thanks for you efforts to show this to us. Bhai your channel is so Under-rated. You deserve Million's of views!!

[@arjunpeace]

This is truly the most soul quenching thing I've ever seen. Thank you for bringing us these stories from Kinnaur so beautifully 🙂

[@indiainmotion]

You are welcome Arjun

[@sanam153]

Great work. My Friend. Really appreciate the efforts you put in. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Amazing

[@ramanshadinama5804]

Loving culture...... Love from Nirmand... Mai Pangrang Mata ji K festival mai aaya hu ek baar....... As a Cameraman...Apne culture ko maintain rakhna he vaastvik responsinbilty hai..... Cultre he jeevan hai....... Great.....

[@zaheerkhan-zr3zc]

i am watching this video as a movie . i felt i am in a cinema theatre . really enjoyed . great

[@tejindernegi8861]

finally the wait is over ... 😍 was waiting for this.. As always great work Sarvana !

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Tejinder. Hope you enjoyed it.

[@aarunsiingh5786]

Nice video...it's the second time I am seeing the video of lama govind ..first was a documentary video

[@apkapahadibanda9671]

Amazing amazing Really enjoyed watching this video Always Proud to be Kinnaura ❤ And lovely nesang vasi ❤

[@gianchand3087]

I am very much pleased to watch this video as it has revived my old days when in Sept 1980 I was invited by my friend Sh. Sanam Tapchan Negi Ji and his wife Mrs Anita Negi Ji to witness this unique festival at his village Nissang. I spent then 8-9 days to be associated and part of this wonderful & unique festival of Fulaich (Ukhyaang). Nessang is an important village of Kinnaur Distt. who has produced IAS, IPS, Doctors, MBA (IIM), Teachers, Village Pardhan, and so many good personalities who are on my tips and contibuted a lot in uplifting of Nessang particulary the Bridge of Satluj and road to the village which further generated so many facilites to this remote village. I congratulate you for shooting this festival and brought on the globe. I have also seen other videos of Fulaich of other villages of Kinnaur but I give full 100 marks to this video. Your total presentation is highly commendable and as I commented in one of your other video of Nessang & Moorang, that you have contributed a lot in preservation of our centuries old heritage of this part of our country. This will now attract every nature loving to come and explore Kinnaur which has its own very different but loving culture/ living style. Thanks again with affectionate regards. Gian, Ambala now at Beas (Amritsar)

[@indianindian2876]

My india my himachal mera ghar meri jaan

[@jigold22571]

Magnificent, ThankYou for sharing. Namaste

[@nokia88476]

Kinaur , Lahul , sptti , Ladakh and Kailash people in Pakistan have very similar culture and dress . It’s just amazing .

[@deepali67]

Whoa. Lovely.

[@zekkprashant3544]

Save culture save identity ☮️

[@photocto]

Oh wow!! Amazing to see the festival. Well captured/documented - as usual 😁. Thank you

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks man

[@Sci_Piquantique]

Kb.. village always ..this idea of expressing our festival is awsmm sir...😍love nesang alwyss

[@sonamtsomo2060]

This is soooo.......... beautiful and informative. It should be preserve for documentary

[@thinairexpedition2862]

its good to see the transformation of your content and I love the way you documented the whole festival...

[@indiainmotion]

Thank you. I will still continue doing timelapses and vlogs. But I wanted to do these style of videos for a long time. Happy that they are coming out finally and I have been learning a lot with each video.

[@samtitingyal8938]

Great culture 👍

[@abhishekrana6192]

Iam so proud having such a culture

[@nishayadav3065]

Your all videos are great. Thank you for this lovely people's vedios...i have never seen sweet peoples like in HP Spiti Area...

[@riteshsharma9918]

Learnt so much about this unique festival truely, its incredible himachal

[@bkreckongpeokinnaur9251]

Traditional festival 🌺🎈👍👍👍🙏🎈🌺

[@akshaysharma7856]

It makes me feel like I’m spend my 5day there in festival . #Incredible capture. Sir your all videos are dope ❤️

[@indiainmotion]

Thank you

[@MadhukarDhuri]

loads of love

[@clownearound5751]

I’m delighted that I found your channel a few days ago, the way you capture and film is exceptional and I’m really enjoying watching your videos. The look of pure happiness and joy on everyone’s faces is really beautiful and the traditional clothes worn are stunning. Thank you for documenting this beautiful festival and sharing it with the world. Safe travels and best wishes from England

[@indiainmotion]

Awesome, thank you!

[@vinayrawat9321]

Feeling proud being UTTRAKHANDI

[@indiainmotion]

Yea. You guys should have similar festivals there as well. What are they called in your area?

[@praveenkumarhugar295]

Thankyou for showing such a festival.. please keep uploading such videos...I am waiting for more.personally I now know how India is culturally diverse..once again thanks for showing us festival of flowers

[@indiainmotion]

You are welcome Praveen. Glad you enjoyed the video. I'll definitely keep making more.

[@spsharma809]

Lots of love from sirmour

[@indiainmotion]

Thank you

[@arundeshmukh4382]

Great documentary bhai.

[@Gulshanmehra0311]

Superb documentary,,it's just lyk been through a real village festival Wat a fantastic work by you sir, Lots of respect and best wishes

[@anilpanta1505]

Congratulations for so beautifully bringing the beautiful cultural life of kinnaur. You are so lucky and blessed to see all this and I am thankful to you for sharing these beautiful moments. Very well narrated. Good decision to include locals for voice over, originality has been retained. God bless kinnaur. God bless you.👍

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Mr.Anil. Nesang is only one of the two villages in Kinnaur where the festival is still celebrated in this manner. I feel very lucky to have been introduced to their culture by my friend Pankaj. He just messaged me out of the blue last September inviting me to a festival in his village. And I'm so glad that I accepted.

[@sushantsharma782]

one of the best works i have seen till date

[@indiainmotion]

Thanx Sushant

[@thakurvishalsingh9701]

Love From Mandi...!! 😘🙏🏻 @HP33

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Vishal

[@thakurvishalsingh9701]

@@indiainmotion Mine Pleasure...!! 😋👍🏻

[@Nikhil.Rajput9211]

Karsog 💗

[@VaniTheExplorer]

Really brilliant work done... Everything is just perfect, narration, editing, scene selection..

[@markenty2k]

Holase. This year I would love to come and explore more

[@supertrampoutdoors]

I even watch ads in your video just to contribute that one paid view....loved this one.. wish you loads of happyness... Kinnaur and kinnauris both are Awesome

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Maddy. They definitely are awesome. I just can't get enough of this place.

[@supertrampoutdoors]

@@indiainmotion marry a kinnauri baba...

[@indiainmotion]

Baba ?

[@supertrampoutdoors]

@@indiainmotion marry a girl, baba is you

[@indiainmotion]

Lol ok. If someone here is dumb enough to fall for me then sure. I'd be happy to.

[@flaneur08]

What an ingenious way to bring people together. Only in our traditions do worship and fun blend so beautifully. Thank You very much for the documentary.

[@indiainmotion]

Absolutely. It is a great way to bring the entire community together without any distractions of day to day life. Almost all other villages have shifted the festival down to their villages, but not in Nesang. I love the way how they are very particular about maintaining their tradition.

[@flaneur08]

I especially like the part where two different families are obliged to maintain relations for at least three years. That leaves no time for anyone to pick fights with other families in the village. Also I was curious about their religion, is it a native religion or a sect of Hinduism?

[@indiainmotion]

It is Buddhism mixed with Hinduism. They worship both Hindu and Buddhist deities. I find this very interesting and frankly this is how things should be. We are all seeking the same thing. But different cultures have come up with different means to understand and explain the divine truth. If people understand this simple concept then our would be a much simpler place.

[@flaneur08]

Well said! I believe religious conflicts arise only when we forget what we are seeking in the first place and think it is a numbers game.

[@indiainmotion]

More than numbers game. I feel that it is ego. People want to feel superior to others. I don't mind it so much, but it gets toxic when people actively start portraying others in a bad light just to feel superior. I see it in some of the comments here as well and I just ignore them.

[@manojasawant]

Excellent bro, wordless for your dedication.

[@neeleshkumar8084]

What did i just saw. There was smile on my face for the whole time. Such a beautiful tradition and great storytelling.... Would be a pleasure to meet you some day and hear the experience from you... Great job man

[@tingtong5733]

Amazing festival 🙏

[@ravindra12uk]

Bramkamal ka phool hai na ye to??

[@techrahul87]

You are right sir

[@rahulnegi324]

Incredible Kinnaur💖

[@TheNaresh18]

Wow.cool festival.thank u for showing its history and information too.nice work👍

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Jay

[@gianchand3087]

This video has so nicely been shooted that it has covered all the important events of the Fulaich celebration. The narration about different events/occassion of this unique festival given by Sh Negi Ji, is also very relevant & knowledgeable. In its entirety, the efforts made in making this video are very praiseworthy since the festival is unique in its way and has diiferent reasons for various events celebrated in this " Festival of Followers" Thanks again. Gian, Ambala

[@nomade_traveler]

Awesome festival

[@desihighlander]

Lovely video

[@shivom1523]

Himachali sbse aage😍😍😘

[@Dineshkumar-it8qx]

पारम्परिक फुलेच मेला पारम्परिक गीत अतिसुन्दर

[@ashoksharma-wy8ow]

Beautiful...man ur lucky, enjoying life in real times

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Ashok

[@rajaprabu17]

thank for u r documentary

[@indiainmotion]

You are welcome Raja

[@nehanegi5676]

Beautiful people of kinnaur❤️

[@VineetLovesVeg]

This was beautiful!! The smiles, the innocent playfulness, the respect to traditions! So well captured. It was very clear you were made to feel at home and one amongst them, from the smiles you got to capture. The views in the background were so grand as well! Questions: 1. Why do the fairies have to go? 2. Were you able to get him to narrate his poem/song about the three mountains? ( I'm really really curious) 3. Naive and blunt question. They identify themselves as Hindu or Buddhists or they refuse to draw lines between the two?

[@indiainmotion]

Absolutely. Everyone knows me so will there. They are comfortable with me and I'm also comfortable enough with them to actually point my camera at their faces. I'm usually very reluctant to do so. To answer your questions. 1. I'm not sure that fairies/angels is the right word for those beings. The villagers believe that spirits both good and bad live in the mountains. And obviously they wouldn't want them to come down to the village. That also the reason why the villagers do not venture out into the mountains after October. They actively discourage me as well from doing the same. 2. Nope. That thought did not cross my mind. But I did ask for the song and he said that I can find it on KZbin. He is a very tech savvy Lama and a very genuinely nice person as well. 3. Refuse to draw a line is a strong word. The line doesn't matter to them, and that for me is more beautiful.

[@NeerajSharma033]

Amazing.

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks

[@MohitJoshi115]

उत्तराखंड और हिमांचल का कल्चर एक जैसा ही है 🙏💐

[@KuldeepNegichannel]

Thank you 😊👍🙏

[@TalesCanada]

Such a great work but still under rated .

[@KKK-ii7rb]

Great

[@donali9804]

beatiphul nice video japhar pakistan

[@tanisha344]

Beautiful 💐

[@indiainmotion]

Thank you Tanisha

[@Holander201]

Beautiful

[@indiainmotion]

Thank you

[@paviralanaresh]

Wow .nice narration and great videography

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Naresh

[@nitishnegii1127]

Amazing 😍

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Nitish

[@sarathvnair9585]

Wow

[@akashsharma1134]

First comment.. awesome video.. thanks

[@indiainmotion]

You are welcome Akash

[@rajdeepchelsea]

Amazing video. Keep it up. Your documentary videos are top notch.

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Rajdeep. I'm still learning how to make them properly. I learn something new with each video.

[@rajdeepchelsea]

Its your humility of saying you are learning still now. If possible make the videos in parts then a full length video. This is how things are working in KZbin. Longer videos are getting less views.

[@indiainmotion]

I was thinking about the same thing as well. I'll do a long video first and then upload interesting segments from it as separate short videos. They should be more click worthy than the full length video. Thanks for echoing my thoughts.

[@akshaysunail9305]

Great work sir!

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Akshay

[@sabirtavikramchauhan5608]

Beautiful narration Sir

[@indiainmotion]

Credit goes to S C Negi sir. Look him up online. He is a legend.

[@MrTana48]

Interesting thing here is that both the religions are intermingled Hinduism and Buddhism .

[@techrahul87]

Exactly

[@user-dt4jy1nf2h]

Miss u Mama Ji 😮‍💨😪

[@TseRingNegi]

Well captured.....

[@indiainmotion]

Thanks Tsering