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Holi Festival, India

 

Holi  is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the "Festival of Love", the "Festival of Colours" and the "Festival of Spring". The festival celebrates the eternal and divine love of Radha Krishna and  arrival of spring, the end of winter, the blossoming of love .It also signifies the triumph of good over the evil, as it celebrates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha Narayana over Hiranyakashipu.

The Holi festival has a cultural significance among various Hindu traditions of the Indian subcontinent. It is the festive day to end and rid oneself of past errors, to end conflicts by meeting others, a day to forget and forgive. People pay or forgive debts, as well as deal anew with those in their lives. Holi also marks the start of spring, an occasion for people to enjoy the changing seasons and make new friends.

The Holi festival has cultural significance among various Hindu traditions in the Indian subcontinent. This day is a celebration of ending and letting go of past mistakes, ending conflicts by meeting others, a day of forgetting and forgiveness. People pay off or forgive debts and also make new deals with those in their lives. Holi also marks the beginning of spring, an opportunity for people to enjoy the change of season and make new friends.

Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the flowering of love, and for many, it is a day of celebration to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and mend broken relationships. This festival is also a call for a good spring harvest season. It lasts one night and one day, starting from the sunset of Purnima (full moon day) in the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which is around mid-March in the Gregorian calendar.
 
Holi celebrations are also known as the festival of colors, the festival of spring and the festival of love. Holi celebrations begin on the night before Holi with the Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the fire and pray that their inner evil will be destroyed as Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, in the fire. killed, perish. . The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi (Dhuleti) where people daub and smear each other with colors. Water guns and water balloons are often used to play and color each other, so that anyone, anywhere is considered fair game for color. Bands often carry drums and other musical instruments as they sing and dance from place to place. Throughout the day, people visit family and friends and foes gather to chat, enjoy food and drink, and partake of Holi delicacies.
 
 
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