Holi, the festival of colours, be it powdered or water colours, it is the colourful festival of all. The night before Holi, people assemble to perform religious rites in front of a bonfire and hope that their internal evil be eliminated in the same way that Holika was killed in the fire.
Rangwali Holi (Dhuleti) is celebrated the next morning, and it is a free-for-all colour festival in which people smear and bathe each other. Water pistols and water-filled balloons are also used to have fun and colour with. Friends or strangers, rich or poor, man or woman, youngsters and elderly are all fair game. Colour frolics and fights take place in open streets, parks, and outside temples and buildings.
Groups sing and dance, with some drumming and playing the dholak. People serve gujiya, mathri, malpuas, and other traditional treats after each stop of pleasure and colour play. Cold drinks, particularly marijuana-infused drinks, are often part of the Holi celebrations.
Significance
The Holi celebration has cultural importance in the Indian subcontinent’s Hindu traditions. It is a joyful day to reflect on and correct previous mistakes, to resolve issues by meeting new people, and to forget and forgive. Debts are paid or forgiven, and people begin over with others in their lives. Holi also celebrates the beginning of spring, a time for people to celebrate the changing seasons and meet new people.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his Sikh Empire, which spanned what is now Northern India and Pakistan, celebrated Holi. According to Sikh court documents, Ranjit Singh and his staff in Lahore utilized 300 mounds of colours in 1837, according to Tribune India. In the Bilawal gardens, where decorative tents were set up, Ranjit Singh would celebrate Holi with others. Sir Henry Fane, the British Indian army’s commander-in-chief, attended the Holi celebrations organised by Ranjit Singh in 1837. Ranjit Singh financed a fresco in the Lahore Fort depicting the Hindu God Krishna playing Holi with Gopis. After Ranjit Singh’s death, his Sikh sons and others continued to celebrate Holi every year with vibrant colours and opulent celebrations. These ceremonies were attended by colonial British officials.
Colour Experimentation
Holi frolics and celebrations commence the morning following the Holika bonfire in North and Western India. Children and teenagers join groups to colour their targets using dry colours, coloured solution and water pistols (pichkaris), water balloons filled with coloured water, and other inventive methods.
How is Parijai celebrating Holi this year?
We are always beside Mother Nature at every moment and trying to involve people so that they could realize their responsibility towards Nature. After the success of the Lohri and Basant contest, we are holding up a contest on “Phoolon Ki Holi”, where the green lovers will showcase their love for different colours of flora of the season. We are merging creativity and nature to visualize how beautiful recreating nature can be.
Indulge in the Colourful Love of plants this Holi. Send in your entries to our Whatsapp number mentioned below. Participate and get a chance to be the judge of our next contest.
Hurry up! Warm up your creative minds.
Last date for sending in entries is March 18th, 2022 till 6 p.m.
8727004333
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How is Parijai celebrating Holi this year?
We are always beside Mother Nature at every moment and trying to involve people so that they could realize their responsibility towards Nature. After the success of the Lohri and Basant contest, we are holding up a contest on “Phoolon Ki Holi”, where the green lovers will showcase their love for different colours of flora of the season. We are merging creativity and nature to visualize how beautiful recreating nature can be.
Indulge in the Colourful Love of plants this Holi. Send in your entries to our Whatsapp number mentioned below. Participate and get a chance to be the judge of our next contest.
Hurry up! Warm up your creative minds.
Last date for sending in entries is March 18th, 2022 till 6 p.m.
8727004333
Every Corner Needs A Plant