Fill Colors in Your Life with Holi Festival

By the end of March you will be receding  winters in India and By March and the arrival of spring  which starts with great colorful festival that is Holi; a vibrant and enthusiastic festival. The festival is not only celebrated by Hindus but also non- hindus globally.  The festival comes on a Phagun Poornima (Full Moon) and brings colors of life. Holi is the festival where people come out and try to let go of all bad grudges and make promise to keep each other happy in every way. You can explore its beauty anytime by purchasing a Holi festival tour package from a operator.

Holi eve is the bonfire night which is known as “Holika Dahan” It is a two-day festival. The first day is the bonfire night which is known as ‘Holika Dahan or Choti Holi ’ people gathers around the bonfire location and  prayers are chanted people dance around the bonfire and greet with each other. Second day is the main celebration day where Abeer, Gulal, and some other powdered and water colors take place. The day is filling with social bonding and enthusiastic spirit of playing with color; everyone old people to small children are boisterous in smearing the color on each other faces. 
Holi is known for water fights. Coloured water is filled with water balloons and water guns and sprayed on people along with dry powdered colour. People make sweets like Ghunjhiya, Laddo, Gulabjamun and namkeen snacks. On Holi day some people have thandai with bhang which is an intoxicating ingredient but on this day it is accepted legally. 



India’s every part play Holi in Different way like in Mathura and Vrindavan’s holi known as “Lathmar Holi” where women and men have stick and shield respectively in which women beat the men and men protect themselves with the shield.  Some of areas play with flower’s petals and after Holi festival paying with petal still continues in some of temples.   Some people make natural color by obtaining yellow and orange from sun flower and orange from marigold flower. These colors are 100% safe for skin and natural.

In Rajasthan Holi festival’s celebration varies from place to place experience different ways of celebrating the festival. Jaipur held the Elephant festival in which elephants decorated with dazzling clothes and ornament and catwalk in Amber. After catwalk all elephants play tug of war, polo and then holi. Dolchi Holi, mali holi and Lathmar holi also played in some region of Rajasthan. The royal land is full with its royal culture and tradition and holi festival makes it more color full by giving more color to its Royality.

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