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Holi Colors
Colors are the most joyous part of the Holi celebrations. They add life and vitality to the festival making it most vibrant of all. On the day of Holi euphoria fills the very air in India and clouds of colors can be seen everywhere. Energetic and joyful people they move out in-groups and throw holi gulal(powder) and abeer on friends and dear ones. Singing and dancing on the beats of dholak(percussion instrument) add more joy to the festivities.
Legend behind the Play of Colors
It is said that Lord Krishna started the tradition of play with colors. Legend goes that Lord Krishna was jealous of his soul mate Radha's fair complexion since he himself was very dark. Young Krishna complained to mother Yashoda about this injustice of nature. To placate the child, mother asked Krishna to apply color on Radha's face and change her complexion. Playful and mischievous Krishna appreciated the idea and applied color on Radha’s face. The game of applying colors gained popularity and became a part of Holi traditions. Even now, lovers desire to color and be colored by their mates. The application of colors has in a way become an expression of love.
The spirit of Holi knows no bound particularly in houses that witness the arrival of a new bride as everybody wishes to play Holi with her.
At some places Holi parties are also organized where the color and water flows endlessly till everybody becomes absolutely drenched in colors of love and life.
Use of Natural Colors
In present times, a great change has been noticed in Holi celebrations. People are reviving the use of natural colors as against the harmful chemical colours. Days before the festival many people start preparing aromatic natural colours at home while many others buy these from shops The use of natual colours in Holi has made Holi celebrations much more enjoyable
Play of Colors
The tradition of playing colors on Holi is extremely popular amongst children. They eagerly wait for a prey with a bucket full of color water, an ever ready water jet- popularly called a pichkari(water guns)and loads of color packets to give vent to their mischief nature. And nobody is supposed to mind the mischief of the kids or the elders as the rule of the day is 'Bura na mano Holi hai'. (Please do not take any offence for it is Holi).
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Comments (24)
Happy birthday, hope it's a good one!
Thanks. I shall be in Puri on 6/7th July. Waiting for rains, may visit Bakkhali next weekend. Are you from Bhopal? We stayed in MP for 8 years, great place & people. e miss them.
Thanks for your visit to my UB page :) Nice travelogue with the trees in bloom!
Wow, what beautiful blossoms! Today, I ate lunch under cherry trees with my colleagues! Now they are in full bloom in Osaka,Japan!
Lovely pages here ! Regards, Ketan.
Thanks for your kind comments. I have yet to upload more pics from my Australia trip...mmmm
What a great and lovely leyend, of course kids will love it! :-) Thanks for your comment :-)
Great Photos...! -akhtar
Thanks for passing by! Cheers, Britta
Thank you Ashwini for your lovely comment. Hope you had happy Holi with lots of colours!