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What is the significance of the Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan festival? -

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What is the significance of the Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan festival?

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This festival celebrates brotherhood whereby a woman ties a rakhi around the wrists of men whom they treat as brothers with a belief that they would protect them. Rabindranath Tagore started the mass Raksha Bandhan festival to encourage brotherhood and harmony between Hindus and Muslims during the partition of Bengal.

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