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About Holi
Most of the Hindu and Sindhi festivals are the
expression of life enthusiasm and the most colorful
festival of the year is Holi - the festival of color
usually celebrated in the month of March.
If we look at the festival calendar of India, Holi or
Rang Panchami is the most popular and second most
celebrated festival after the Deepavali or Diyari. The
probable reasons behind the popularity of this festival
Holi are this is the festival of fun and enjoyment,
celebrated in very pleasant climatic conditions towards
the end of winter season ahead of hot Indian summer.
Not only the life of common people but Hindi movies are
also under influence of this colorful festival. In many
Hindi films the festival is pictures in very glamorous
way even for expression of love. This may be please
noted that Holi and Rang Panchami are not celebrated on
the same day.
In Sindhi community there is a kind of tradition of
having some special food for each festival.
Sindhi food
related with Holi is a sweet dish "Ghear" a type of
fried food stuff socked in hot liquid sugar. |
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Mythological Story
Associated With Celebration of Holi
There is a religious story behind the celebration of
Holi. According to Puranas, when King Harnakashiyap saw
that his all efforts for diverting his son Bhagat
Prahlad from worshiping Lord Vishnu are not yielding any
result, than he decided to take help of her sister
Holika. Holika were with cloth which keeps her safe in
the fire. King asked the sister to seat in fire with
Prahlad in her lap but the miracle happen as wind has
taken her boon cloth away and rap it around Prahlad as
the result Holika turned into ash and Prahlad came out
unaffected from the fire. |
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Dhudiyo
Next day to Holika Dahan is celebrated as the Dhudiyo,
actually this is day for the celebration with colors,
but for the kids both days are for the playing with
colors. Traditionally Holi / Dhudiyo was celebrated with
organic colors, Gulal & Abeer (Still in Virandavan Holi
is celebrated with flowers, though Lattmar Holi of
Barsana is also famous worldwide) but in modern days
synthetic colors are used more widely which might cause
harm to human skin. |
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