Bura na mano holi hai
Colors colors and colors !!! This is the first time I am
experiencing Holi, the festival of colors. It all started with getting a whole
range of colors from my dad ..he got me all non-toxic and eco friendly colors
.. Not sure what it means but I enjoyed the color part of it.
Before stepping out for playing Holi with all… I started
with applying some on self after all, the colors were for me !! but later it was told to me that the color has
to be applied on others.. Strange !! So started
first at home and played Holi with all before moving downstairs…
There was lots of preparation done at the society by all uncles …. Enjoyed some crisp samosa and jelaibi(A Indian sweet) before all the fun started.
Soon all the fun started with people putting colors on each others, and within no time it was all colors and colors everywhere… at start I was bit frighten but later started enjoying and participating, I particularly enjoy the festival in the company of friends
The star attraction for the Holi was the rain dance arranged in the building with DJ, though I had cold, me and dad where in it for hours .. had a gala time all wet and drenched. I even learned some dance moves from all the uncles and aunties doing hip hop on the turns of DJ. In all it was fun to watch people drenched in colors.
Hours pass by throwing colors on each other and it seems as if it's just the start of the day. Finally I was tired and got on to my dads lap and he forcefully took me home for bath and getting dry….
Holi will be always one of my favorite festival….
History of Holi
Holi is also associated with the Puranic story of Holika,
the sister of demon-king Hiranyakashipu. The demon-king punished his son,
Prahlad in a variety of ways to denounce Lord Narayana. He failed in all his
attempts. Finally, he asked his sister Holika to take Prahlad in her lap and
enter a blazing fire. Holika had a boon to remain unburned even inside fire.
Holika did her brother's bidding. However, Holika's boon ended by this act of
supreme sin against the Lord's devotee and was burnt to ashes. But Prahlad came
out unharmed.
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