36 injured in traditional Hingot war in Indore


Team Udayavani, Oct 21, 2017, 3:55 PM IST

Indore: Thirty six people were injured after they attacked each other with burning Hingots (a hollow fruit stuffed with gunpowder) during the annual Hingot festival at Gautampura town, around 55 kms from here, police said.

Three of the injured suffered severe burn wounds and were admitted to a government-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital, a police officer said.

The doctors treated the rest of the injured at the venue of the Hingot fight last night and sent them home, he added.

Hingot War is an age-old tradition of residents of Gautampura, which is observed a day after Diwali. In this exercise, warriors are categorised in two groups namely Turra of Gautampura and Kalgi of Rungi village, who attack each other with burning Hingots.

Hingot, a jungle fruit, is emptied and stuffed with gunpowder, coal and brimstone and then hurled at rival groups like a burning missile during the festival.

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