Millions celebrate Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors

NEW Delhi – Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors, on Friday, dancing with colored powder, dancing to festive music with colored powder and dancing to traditional sweets that were prepared for this occasion.

The rough spring festival sees how Hindus participate in a kaleidoscopic celebration at the end of winter and the triumph of good about evil. The festival is a national holiday in India while it is a two -day event in Nepal that started on Thursday. It is also observed in other South Asian countries and in the Indian diaspora.

Holi has its origin in Hindu mythology and tradition and celebrates the divine love between the Hindu god Krishna and his husband’s use of use bike and means a time of rebirth and rejuvenation.

All over the country, people, who were mostly dressed in all white clothes, celebrated the festival by hurling colored powder. Children who were sitting on roofs and balconies drove water balloons with colored pigments on the passers -by.

Groups of young men also used water pistols to hunt people in public parks and on the streets, while others danced to music on the streets that made themselves from the speakers.

In Neu -Delhi there was a rainbow haze in the air around a park in which the group of friends sprayed each other with pigmented powder and colored water.

“It’s time for fun and shit,” said Krisha Bedi, a lawyer whose face was covered with red, green and blue colors.

In some places, people hurled margins, roses and jasmine leaves instead of colored powder.

In the middle of massive celebrations in the West Indian city of Ahmedabad, thousands of people who gathered in Temple were sprayed with colored water from huge whistles when they fluctuated into the traditional Gujarati music and clapped over their heads.

Eating and drinking are a large part of the celebrations. The providers in parts of India sold Thandai, a traditional light green drink that was prepared with milk, cardamom and dried fruits, and Gujia, a scaly, fried, sweet pastry with milk quotas, nuts and dried fruits.

Another tradition that Holi marks is Bhang, a local drink prepared with cannabis and consumed with milk or water. The drink is associated with Hinduism, especially with Lord Shiva, and is also enjoyed at other religious festivals in the region. Its consumption is permitted under Indian law and is also sold in state licensed shops.

In many parts of India, people also shed light on large campfires on the night before the festival in order to describe the destruction of evil and the victory of good. Families gather around the flames to sing, dance and pray to the Hindu gods.