Re: Dupattaless culture
in sub-continent, from land means, all the activities in cultivation and harvesting. These activities, later formalized to festivals like Basant, Holi and Besakhi. It relates to weather of the land that gave people of the land ‘saawan’.
It is difficult to distinguish between a religious or cultural practice, when sometimes religion authenticate cultural practice and sometimes culture accepts religious doctrine (as it is or with some variation)