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    holi the festival of colours holi the festival of colours When is Holi? Holi marks the end of winter and the coming of spring. In India it can last for a week or more‚ but outside India the celebrations may only last a day or two. Holi begins on the full moon night of the month of phalguna (March or early April). Giving Thanks Holi is just before harvest and gives Hindus a chance to thank the gods for the harvest to come. Flames and fire

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    HOLI By Shreya Sujan About Holi ★ ★ Holi is a spring festival celebrated as a festival of colours. It is a hindu religious festival ‚ which has also become popular with people of other communities. It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. It is also observed by the minority hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large diaspora populations following hinduism. ★ ★ How They Celebrate ❏ The entire country wears a festive look when it is time for the holi celebration

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    Holi-The festival of love and joy Holi is a festival of colours which generally falls on a full moon in March.. It is also a festival of love and unity and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. The festival is celebrated with lot of pomp in north India. Holi is celebrated with vibrant colours - these colour are actually colours of joy‚ colours of love and colours that fill our life with happiness to the core of our hearts. It adorns each life with its various hues. There are many legends

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    There is a symbolic legend to explain why holi is celebrated. The word "Holi" originates from "Holika"‚ the evil sister of demon king Hiranyakashipu. King Hiranyakashipu had earned a boon that made him virtually indestructible. The special powers blinded him‚ he grew arrogant‚ felt he was God‚ and demanded that everyone worship only him.[1] Hiranyakashipu’s own son‚ Prahlada‚ however‚ disagreed. He was and remained devoted to Vishnu.[9] This infuriated Hiranyakashipu. He subjected Prahlada to

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    Holi The Holi celebration is most commonly celebrated by the Hindu faith and is unique to its kind. It was a little out of the norm form for me because this type of thing isn’t what I have experienced ever in my life. There was a variety of colors and music that was played throughout the experience. The Hindu people allowed guests to enter their temple‚ without shoes‚ and dance and worship along with them to their music. The day that Holi is celebrated is known as the Dhuli Vandana in Sanskrit

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    Holi » Holi Festival » History of Holi History of Holi Holi is an ancient festival of India and was originally known as ’Holika’. The festivals finds a detailed description in early religious works such as Jaimini’s Purvamimamsa-Sutras and Kathaka-Grhya-Sutras. Historians also believe that Holi was celebrated by all Aryans but more so in the Eastern part of India. It is said that Holi existed several centuries before Christ. However‚ the meaning of the festival is believed to have changed

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    The Festival of Colours Holi is a popular‚ religious festival that is celebrated by Hindus. It is often referred to as the ‘festival of colours’ because of the famous ritual that it has bore. It originated in India and is celebrated near the end of the winter season‚ on the last day of the lunar month. This usually falls in late February‚ or early March. Holi is a celebration of various legends‚ such as the legend of Prahlad and Hiranyakshyap. It stated that there was once a demon king named

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    at. Dis post is 4 evry1. It has been just 2-3 days back v celebrated Holi-d festival of colours. almost evry1 loves 2 play holi‚ bt guys do u really think its making evry1 Happy??? NO.... Some ’Swines’(bad elements of societty)‚ make Holi a terrible day 4 other ppl. Holi is 2 b played wid d ppl u r familiaar wid or else d ppl who r willing 2 play. It starts wid 1 day prior 2 holi‚ D ppl who carry d tree 4 burning holi r worst. They r drunk‚ they pass lewd comments on gals‚throw ballons

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    under the ones with no authenticity. That’s when two 25-year-olds from Jaipur mutually decided to write about everything that is amiss about our country. Made it into a rap‚ gave it an exciting title‚ and waited for it to grab the attention of many. ’Holi Hai’ satirically steers out everything we’re not proud of and is everything the “Motorcycle Shayaries” hoped it would be. The young rapper‚ Ritansh Pandey‚ studied social work and spun that knowledge around his shayaries while Siddharth Rathore is

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    ............................................................................................... 4 Background study of Holi Festival .......................................................................................... 13 Holi Festival Today.................................................................................................................. 16 Impacts of Holi festival towards India and its tourism ............................................................ 18 Discussions and

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