This is a easy explanation of aIndian festivity colled Holi. Is the festival of love and colours and people celebrate it to comemorate the arrival of the spring season.
2. Holi (होली) is
a spring festival
also known as
the festival of
colours or the
festival of love.
It is celebrated at the end of the winter season on
the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalgun
(February/March)
3. Traditionally, Holi consisted
of religious rites and prayers
to good crops and fertile
land.
Hindus believe it is a time of
enjoying spring's abundant
colours and saying farewell
to winter.
4. It also has a religious purpose,
symbolically signified by the
legend of Holika.
The values of the party(mutual
respect and tolerance) make this
festival have a deeper meaning.
It is said that also commemorates
the love(Kamadeva god of love)
and chases away evil spirits
5. The night before Holi,
bonfires are lit, in a
ceremony known as Holika
Dahan (burning of Holika ) or
Little Holi. People gather
near fires, sing and dance.
The next day, Holi is
celebrated.
6. Children spray coloured powder solutions (Gulal) at
each other, laugh and celebrate, while elders tend
to smear dry coloured powder (Abir) on each
other's face.
After playing with colours, and cleaning up, people
bathe, put on clean clothes, visit friends and family.
7. The colors have medicinal
components.
Spring in India, is the time
where people suffer more
colds and viral fever. It is a
tradition throw herbal
powders with "nim",
"kumkum" and "Khaldi,"
among other components.
8. In 2013, Holi One Color Festival had 300.000
guest, in 10 countries and 35 cities.
Holi is growing fast in Europe
and in the US. A lot of cities
celebrate the arrival of warm
weather with the celebration of
Holi.The two most important
festivals are: One Color Holi
Festival (England) and Festival
of Colours (Germany).
9. This festival also has a beautiful cultural meaning: it is the
party where the person can liberate themselves of past
mistakes, forget and forgive.
Together we can enjoy a great party full of happiness and
color.
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