Basant Utsav, Purulia, West Bengal: This is a three-day folk festival where you'll get to sing and play Holi with the locals, as well as enjoy a wide variety of folk art. This includes the remarkable chau dance, darbari jhumur, natua dance, and songs of West Bengal's wandering Baul musicians. What makes the festival special is that it's organised by villagers as a way of helping sustain themselves. The location is around five to six hours by train from Kolkata.