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Today, March 2nd 2018 India is celebrating "HOLI" the festival of colours.
Holi is a Hindu festival celebrated in india every year on date according to Hindu callender called "Panchang".
Holi is a Hindu spring festival and it is known all over the world as the "festival of colours". Holi signifies the arrival of spring, end of winter, victory of good over evil, it is the day of forget & forgive and repair broken relationships.
It falls between the end of February and the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar.
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The first evening is known as Holika Dahan (Chhoti Holi) and the following day as Holi, Rangwali Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi or Phagwah.
The Holi festival honors the victory of good over evil, brought about by the burning and destruction of the demoness named Holika. This was enabled through unwavering devotion to the Hindu god of preservation, Lord Vishnu.
Holi got its name as the "Festival of Colors" from Lord Krishna, a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu who liked to play pranks on the village girls by drenching them in water and colors.
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Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which also become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia as well as people of other communities around the world. In recent years the festival has spread to parts of Europe and North America as a spring celebration of love, frolic, and colours.
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Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people gather and perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire and pray that their internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu was killed in the fire.
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The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi – a free-for-all festival of colours. where people smear each other with colours and drench each other. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children and elders. The frolic and fight with colours occurs in the open streets, open parks, outside temples and buildings.
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Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit family, friends and foes to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks.
Some customary drinks include bhang (marijuana) which is intoxicating. In the evening, after sobering up, people dress up and visit friends and family.
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