A lively and colorful event, Camel Festival is organized by the Tourism Department and the Department of Art and Culture in Bikaner, Rajasthan every year on January. In the camel country Bikaner, this desert ship pulls heavy chariot loads, carries grain and even walks to wells. The Camel Festival begins with a colorful procession of camels adorned against the sandstone background of Fort Junagarh, the advent of festivity is celebrated in the open. Various kinds of activities take place to amuse the people. Among the most notable activities are race competition, the contest of tug-of-war, camel dance, acrobatic and so on. Hundreds of tourists and thousands of locals and dignitaries revel in this man and animal affair organized especially for tourists.