<span class=normal>Culture & Festivals<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><ul><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><li>India is a land of many diverse cultures and hence we celebrate more festivals than any other nation. Most of our festival celebration is incomplete without the Bollywood song and dance. While the Ganesh Chaturthi festival not only has Bollywood numbers blaring from the speakers, the pandals are also a sight to spot your favorite matinee idol. The Lalbaugcha Raja, one of the most popular Ganesh pandals in Mumbai, sees a host of Bollywood celebrities come for darshanand needless to say the junta not only gets to worship the deity but also see their favorite actor/ actress. </li><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><li>A few years back, the traditional Navratri Dandiya celebrations consisted of folk songs and devotional numbers but today you even have a Rock On and a Pappu Cant Dance Saala being belted out by the singers on stage. The stars also make their presence felt at these events and end up promoting their film to the huge crowds present. </li><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><li>Even the festival of colors - Holi, these days is filled with Bollywood based theme parties where the DJs spins out the latest chartbusters. <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><li>And how can we forget the Festival of Lights- Diwali. Strange as it may sound you have crackers named after popular Bollywood stars such as Kareenas sparklers or Aishwarya phooljhadi. </li><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><li>Forget the festivals, even Weddings/ Anniversary /Birthday parties etc these days have a Bollywood flavor to it. So you have the bride and grooms real life love story enacted by family and friends in a reel-life format complete with song, dance et al. The affluent class not just have a staged Bollywood style skit but even get some B-town celebs to shake a leg at weddings all for some hefty moolah. So yes its Dhoom Macha De and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom at weddings, sangeet, and even our festivals</li></ul></span>