Why we celebrate Holi? Do you know the legend behind ....
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Why we celebrate Holi? Do you know the legend behind ....
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The Holi festival is the most active festival of Hindu festivals. It marks the end of Indian winter and welcomes spring. In this festive day, people play with colors, meet and greet each other, and start a new starting point. But do you know the real reason to celebrate Holi? You need to know all about this colorful festival and everything you can expect during the upcoming Indian Holi Festival.
Popular legends behind
Holi celebrations Like other festivals in the country, Holi is also linked to popular legends. These interesting stories tell the history behind various festival rituals.
Holika Dahan's story
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Holika Dahan's story
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Legend has it that there was once a powerful king named
Hiranyakashipu. He is a devil and is hated for his cruelty. He considers himself God and wants everyone in his kingdom to worship him like him. However, his own son Pralada was a devotee of Lord Vishnu and refused to worship his father. Outraged by his son's disobedience, Hiranyakashipu tried to kill his son multiple times without any effect. He then turned to the evil sister
Holika for help. Holika has a special ability to resist fire. So in order to kill Pralada, she deceived him and asked him to sit on the woodpile with her. But due to her evil intentions, her power was lost and she was burned to ashes. Prahlada, on the other hand, received this immunity and was saved. This is why the first day of Holi celebration is Holika Dahan which symbolizes victory over evil.
The story of Radha and Krishna
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The story of Radha and Krishna
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In Braj (Urban Krishna grew up) in Urtar Pradesh, to celebrate the love of Krishna and Radha, people celebrate until Hangpanchmi is grand Festival Holi. Local legends are also related to this. When Krishna was an infant, she drank the venomous breast milk of the demon Putana and got a unique blue complexion. . Later, when he was young, he often felt sad about whether his dark-skinned Radha or other girls in the village would like him. Krishna's mother succumbed to his despair and asked him to paint Rada's face with whatever color he wanted. So when Krishna applied color to Radha, they both became a pair, and people have been playing with color on Holi ever since.
How to celebrate Holi in India
Celebrating the colorful
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Holi festival involves many rituals: Preparing Holika Woodpile
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Holi festival involves many rituals: Preparing Holika Woodpile
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A few days before the festival, people started collecting wood and other flammable items for the campfire. Combustible materials are then collected in woodpile in colonies, community centers, parks or other open spaces. On the top of the woodpile, burn the statue of Hollika according to legend. Holika Dahan The first day of the festival is celebrated as Holika Dahan or Chhoti Holi. After sunset, people gathered around the woodpile for rituals (prayer) and then lit. People even sing and dance on the woodpile because it is like signifying victory over evil.
Playing with colors
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Playing with colors
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The second day of Holi is called Rangwali Holi, Dhulandi, Dhulandi, Phagwah or Badi Holi. On this day, people color each other, party and enjoy each other. Children and adolescents play with dry colors such as albir or gulal, pichkaris (water guns), water balloons filled with colored solutions, and other creative things. You might even find a group of people dancing and singing from one place with drums and other instruments on the street.
Special feast
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Special feast
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Gujiya is a special kind of sweet that is made by every family in India during Holi. It is a dumpling filled with khoya (dairy products) and dried fruits. Holi's regular drink is thandai, which usually contains bhang (marijuana). Other mouthwatering delicacies are: gap gappe, cha, dal kachori, kanji vada, dahi bhalle, Chole bhature and various namkeen.
After the party
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After the party
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playing with color during the day, people clean themselves up, bathe, sober up and get dressed. Then they visit relatives and friends and pay tribute to the festival.
The best place to celebrate the Holi festival in India
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The best place to celebrate the Holi festival in India
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Holi celebrations take place in different ways in different parts of the country. Although the Holi celebration in West Bengal is done by Jatra with singing and dancing, the people of South India worship the god of love, Gamma, on Holi. In Uttarakhand, it is celebrated as Kumani Holi by singing classical Lagas, while in Bihar, people traditionally clean their houses and then celebrate the festival.
In order to best experience the Holi festival in India, you must go to Uttar Pradesh, and more specifically, those areas that are closely related to Lord Krishna, such as Braj, Mathura , Vrindavan, Barsana and Nandgaon. All of these places became very touristy during the celebration. The town of Barsana celebrates Lath Mar Holi, where women playfully beat men with sticks while men run around wearing shields to protect themselves. This becomes even more fun and interesting when people are addicted to singing and dancing together.
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