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Holi is the great festival of colors, celebrated every year by the Hindu people in India. Holi festival falls every year in the spring season in the month of Phalgun (or March). It is one of the happiest festivals of the Hindus like Diwali. It is celebrated every year on the first day of Chaitra month. The whole environment and nature looks very beautiful and colorful at the time of Holi.
Holi festival celebration starts at the last day of Phalgun by the Holika Dahan in the evening and colour play in the next morning. Children wait for this festival with lots of courage and happiness and starts collecting colorful colours, balloons, bucket, pichkari, etc to play Holi. They also collect some sticks, straws and co-dung cakes in the mid of cross road and make a big heap for the ceremony of Holika Dahan.
They get together at the place in the night and set fire in the huge heap of sticks, straws and co-dung cakes to celebrate Holika Dahan. Women sing ceremonial songs during the Holika Dahan. Everyone becomes in happy mood and wait for the morning of next day to play holi. We sprinkle watery colors to each other, throw color filled balloons, etc. At this day everyone forgets the social distinctions and meets and welcomes each other with lots of tasty foods and sweets.
Holi is a festival of colors celebrated every year on a full moon day in the month of March (or Phalgun). It is also known as the festival of love, joy, happiness, unity, renewal and triumph. We celebrate Holi with vibrant colors indicating joy, love and happiness to each other. Behind celebrating the holi festival there is a great reason, legends, beliefs and significance.
A long ago, there was a king, Hiranyakashyap, his sister, Holika and son, Prahlad. Prahlad was a holy spirit and spiritually devoted to God however his father was keen to be worshiped by everyone including his own son as a God. But it was not accepted by the Prahlad and he continued worshiping God. His father was angry with him and planned to kill him by burning in the fire. He asked sister Holika to have Prahlad in her lap and sit in the fire (as Holika was booned by the God to never get killed by the fire). Holika did so but unfortunately she died in the fire and Prahlad was saved by the Lord. This myth had originated the Holi celebration.
People fully enjoy this day by playing colors, meeting and hugging each other, eating tasty foods and other activities. People meet with their near and dear ones, friends, relatives, neighbors and apply abeer to their forehead which shows their happiness to each other. People welcome others at their door step with lots of eating things and colors. In this way, they pass their whole day with lots of fun and joy.
