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 Marbad 

Marbad is mythical figure which represent evil. Mainly the marbad celebration done in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra some parts of MP and Chattisgarh. Mainly in Nagpur.

Mainly there are two Stat Bringing curtains on Pola celebrations in city, the Pili and Kali marbat procession whipped up frenzy as it meandered through narrow lanes of Itwari and other areas in east Nagpur.

Starting from Jagnath Budhwari, the event is about Pili marbat, a figure of a woman dressed in yellow with long black hair and tonnes of jewellery, which is taken out in a 10km long procession. "It was a custom in Teli samaj to have small statutes of women which were worshipped and taken out of the house as a symbol of driving away disease and evil. But during British rule this custom was used as a way to protest against their atrocities," says Prakash Gaurkar who heads Tahane Teli Samaj Marbat Nagoba Devasthan. Explaining the significance of Pili marbat, Anant Thakre, an idol maker in Chitar Oli said, "Just as we use blue colour to show dark complexion, in olden times, yellow was used to show fair complexion. Thus, Pili marbat was a symbol of Britishers or 'gore' as we called them." The procession has now become part of city's identity and has been taken up by MTDC to promote tourism. "The Kali marbat was added later. The meeting of the two at Nehru Chowk, which is the high point of the procession, started much later.

The moment arrived when both Marbad meet.

The procession ended at Naik Talao where the badgyas and the two marbats were burned down.