CELEBRATING JANMASHTHAMI
Janmashtami, one the most popular festivals in India, is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Krishna. To play act the love of Dahi that the naughty lord had, especially in the Western parts of India – breaking the Dahi Handi is a popular form of celebration. For someone who has never witnessed it – the experience is as breathtaking as it is memorable.
All the Govindas come together for one clear goal -which is to break the hanging handi. The interesting fact here is that, all the Govindas are not very well intimately familiar with each other. Because the number of Govindas required to break at handi is dependent on the height of that hanging handi, for every other handi there are always a different number of people who form a human pyramid.
The whole team is a self driven, self motivated unit focused around one clear goal – which is to break the handi.
All the Govindas intuitively understand the requirement of the situation. For making a human pyramid, it is very important to have an understanding of everyones strength and weaknesses. In an environment where everyone does not know each other extremely well, an environment of openness and trust become paramount as people get allocated to do different roles within the pyramid.
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