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Holi,
or Holli, is a spring religious
festival celebrated by Hindus and
Sikhs. It is primarily observed in
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and
countries with large Indic diaspora
populations, such as Suriname,
Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa,
Trinidad, United Kingdom, United
States, Mauritius, and Fiji. In West
Bengal and Orissa of India it is
known as Dolyatra (Doul Jatra) or
Basanta-Utsav ("spring festival").
The most celebrated Holi is that of
the Braj region, in locations
connected to the god Krishna:
Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and
Barsana. These places have become
tourist destinations during the
festive season of Holi, which lasts
here to up to sixteen day.
Holi
is one of the major festivals of
Hindus. It is celebrated in many
parts of India, but especially in
the north of India. The festival is
celebrated for two to three days.
People pour colored water on each
other and cook many types of sweets
and other food. Holi is celebrated
in spring because it is welcoming
spring. They believe spring is full
of colours so the throw coloured
water on eachother. They also
believe that it welcomes the new
year, so it's actually also a sort
of New Year for them. It is
interesting how holi started. Here's
a story: Hiranyakasipu had son,
Prahlad. Prahlad was the greatest
devotee of Lord
Vishnu.Hiranyakashyap wanted to kill
his son. So he called his
sister,Holika. (Holika = holi).
She
had a magic robe.This robe had the
power to save the wearer from
burning in fire. Hiranyakashyap
ordered his sister to sit on burning
fire along with prahlad.He thought
that her sister would not be harmed
by fire because of the magic robe
and Prahlad would be burnt to death.
But the result was the opposite to
what the evil demon king planned. As
is believed, no one can harm the
person who has God as his saviour.
Thus Prahlad came out of the burning
fire safely and Holika was burnt to
death.The other day is celebrated
with joyful colours to mark the
victory of virtue And goodness over
bad. The festival is celebrated for
five days.The 5th day Rang Panchmi
marks the Closing day of Holi
festival.
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