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The Santiniketan Environment
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The
celebration of seasons was always a feature in the asrama. These festivals
came
to be associated with the special culture of this institution and the
introduction
of traditional Indian forms and rituals in organising these festivals,
including the
decoration of the site, use of flowers, alpana, chanting of Vedic hymns
and blowing
of conch-shells gave them a new dimension, aesthetically attractive, intrinsically
Indian yet totally secular. Rabindranath felt, it was necessary that an
affinity be built between the students' minds and the flora and fauna
of
the asrama.