Celebrations for Holi 2013 like any other year will be filled with colours, stuffed with sweets and loads of fun and entertainment. Tours to many regions in India during March will surely include Holi, the festival of colors. New Delhi: New Delhi, the capital city of India, celebrates the festival of Holi in a different manner. Coming close on the heels of Dussehra, Diwali is celebrated on the last day of the Gujarati calendar year, and generally comes in the months of October or November, on the English calendar.
This guide had been created for the Holi and Basant Kite Festival celebration sponsored by the Center for International Affairs, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Office of the Provost, and First Year Experience and Family Programs. In the day of Holi, people play with colors till noon.
Conversely, there's the argument that such events allow those who grew up in India but no longer live there, to celebrate Holi, or at least some aspect of it, here in the UK, and to introduce their children to it And there are those who argue that it's no different than non-Christians swapping Christmas presents or Easter eggs.
The second day is known as Rangwali Holi - the day when people play with colored powder and colored water. Holi is a convivial celebration which is a medley of colors, rituals, fervor and gaiety. Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with Holika Dahan, where people perform rituals in front of a bonfire, praying for their inner evil to be destroyed, just as Holika was killed in fire.
Our Holi Colour Packets are filled with the highest-grade cosmetic quality powder. The first evening of Holi is known as Holika Dahan and is a time for lighting bonfires to mark the death of ‘Holika' the devil. There's no avoiding it: Attend a Holi festival in India, and you'll be covered from head to toe with celebratory colored powders.
This year, Holi begins on Monday 9 March and ends on Tuesday 10 March. This holiday celebrates the story of Queen Esther of Persia, who helped bring down the wicked Haman, who had planned to kill all Jews living in Persia. It's a festival that celebrates the arrival of spring.
Taking into consideration the health and environmental hazards of chemical based Holi colours, it's very
Indian Nod important that people shift to organic Holi colours. Bright colours of gulal and abeer fill the air and people take turns in pouring colour water over each other.