Navratri, kana "usiku hupfumbamwe", ndiwo mutambo unozivikanwa wechiHindu wakatsaurirwa kuna mwarikadzi Durga. Inofananidzira kuchena uye simba, rinonzi "shaky". Mutambo weNavratri unosanganisira puja (munamato) nekutsanya, uye unoteverwa nemhemberero inopenya kwemazuva mapfumbamwe neusiku. Navratri muIndia inopembererwa maererano nekarenda yemwedzi uye inowira munaKurume-Kubvumbi apo Chaitra Navratri inoitika uye Gunyana-Gumiguru panopembererwa Sharad Navratri.
Munguva yeNavratri, vanhu vanobva mumisha nemataundi vanouya pamwe chete uye vanonamata munzvimbo diki dzinomiririra marudzi akasiyana-siyana amwarikadzi Durga, kusanganisira Mwarikadzi Lakshmi namwarikadzi Saraswati. Kuimba kwemano uye nziyo dzechivanhu, kuita kwebhajan (nziyo dzechitendero) kunoperekedza mazuva ese mapfumbamwe ezororo.
Kubatanidza madingindira echitendero netsika, mhemberero dzeNavratri dzinoyerera mumimhanzi yenyika uye kutamba. Pakati peNavratri inyika yeGujarat, uko kutamba uye kunakidzwa hazvimise husiku hupfumbamwe hwese. Kutamba kweGarba kunobva munziyo dzeKrishna, gopis (vasikana vanofudza mombe) vanoshandisa matanda matete. Nhasi, mutambo weNavratri wakave neshanduko ine yakanyatso-choreographed choreography, yepamusoro-mhando acoustics uye ane mavara-akagadzirwa zvipfeko. Vashanyi vanodirana kuVadodara, Gujarat, kuzonakidzwa nemimhanzi inosimudzira, kuimba nekutamba.
MuIndia, Navratri anotaura manzwiro ezvitendero zvakawanda achichengeta dingindira rakafanana rekukunda kwezvakanaka pane zvakaipa. MuJammu, Vaishno Devi Tembere inogamuchira nhamba huru yevakazvipira vanoita rwendo rwekuNavratri. Zuva reNavratri rinopembererwa mu Himachal Pradesh. MuWest Bengal, Mwarikadzi Durga, uyo akaparadza dhimoni, anonamatwa nokuzvipira kukuru noruremekedzo navarume navakadzi. Mifananidzo kubva kuRamayana inoitwa pamapuratifomu makuru. Zororo racho rine nzvimbo munyika yose.
MuSouth India panguva yeNavratri vanhu vanogadzira zvidhori uye vanokumbira Mwari. MuMysore, mhemberero yemazuva mapfumbamwe inopindirana neDasara, mutambo wemimhanzi wevanhu nemitambo yekutamba, makwikwi emutsimba nemifananidzo. Mudungwe une mifananidzo yakashongedzwa nenzou, mabhiza nengamera unotanga kubva kune yakakurumbira inovhenekerwa neMysore Palace. Vijaya Dashami Day muSouth India inoonekwawo seyakanaka kunamatira mota yako.
Muna 2015 Navratri mutambo uchaitwa kubva 13 kusvika 22 Gumiguru.