Festival : Holi

in festival •  7 years ago 

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Preparing Holi with wood, dry grass and kites.

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Preparation completed

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People doing prayer before giving fire.

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Holi is Hindu festival. People get together in night and do religious activities in front of bonfire. Prayer is done to get end and destroy bad things as holika did the sister of demon king hiranyakashipu was killed in fire. This festival is also known as festival of colours. The next day people come with water, colour, water gun, balloons and play with it. It's a public holiday on this festival. All friends and relatives get together and play with colours, along with food and music on streets, gardens.

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We also celebrated this festival.
Really glourious festival

@birjudanak told me about your post! :)
I knew about the Festival of colors but I never knew about the day where you prepare Holi. It is so interesting to see and get to know more about Indian culture, thanks for sharing!

Most welcome 😊