The Sair festival of Shimla is a time of merriment for the people of Himachal Pradesh. It is famous throughout the country of India. Himachal Pradesh is the center of an innumerable festivals that take place throughout the year. They glorify the rich culture, custom and tradition of India.
The Shimla Sair festival of Himachal Pradesh is celebrated with extreme enthusiasm in the month of September. This festival is peculiar of its kind as the people of Himachal Pradesh celebrates this festival with a bull fight event. People from the adjacent areas throng to watch the bull fight.
Most of the festivals of India have been inspired by the western customs which the English brought with them while their rule in India.
In the same way, the Sair festival centered around the fight between the bulls can be seen to have the influence of the Spartan Bull Fight that used to take place in Athens.
