Holi …! It’s a Fantastic Festival of Colour, in India – Colourful Photography
These colourful powders are used during the Hindu Festival of Colours known as “Holi,” as well as during various other traditional rituals. Holi has traditionally been celebrated in both India and Nepal.
Sacred powder
The powder is known as “gulal,” and is used for both religious rituals and cultural events. According to Hindu legend, Lord Krishna felt embarrassed because the skin of his lover was much lighter than his. Therefore, his mother advised him to smear coloured powder on the face of his lover – to make her appear to be the same as he, as well as to make them equal – or at least, to appear equal.
Party frills
During Holi, Indian and Nepalese people run around smearing color on each other. As a result, wherever you are, the entire street-scene becomes awash in color.
Recently, however, the Holi Festival of Colours has lost many of its sacred overtones, and instead has become more of an entertainment or a party spectacle. In fact, Holi has even become an international party, as it has spread to other countries with large populations of Indian emigrants.
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One fantastic aspect of your photography is the ethnographic undertone which characterises it. I sit at a corner of my office, my laptop pressed before my face, and explore the world through the power of your photography and the stories magnet to it.
It is really good learning about the Holi Festival of colours. My regards.
I'm very pleased to be able to offer a few moments of respite to your drudgery every now and then.
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Your respite is very much appreciated, sir. I look forward to learning about the culture of Singapore and India and the rest of the world you've seen.
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Holi has in the recent past become nothing more than am opportunity for men to misbehave with women. Unfortunately!
That sucks. I took part only in Holi 2 times, but did not notice any untoward behavior. A bit of rowdiness sometimes verging on craziness. But no real misbehavior.
Then again, knowing what I know about the relations between men and women in India, you're comment is not surprising.
It depends on which economic level of society you are interacting with.
Very interesting photo, reflecting local traditions. Excellent post, I was interested to read this. I like that you are not limited to a photo without text. This means that you are really working on interesting content. Good luck with the contest!
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I celebrate Holi in Nepal in 2016 and it was fun fun fun.
It was a water gun fight and colors war! Nothing religious about it, but I didn't want to try to become a Buddhist in 1 day!
Ya, I guess Holi in India is kinda like Christmas in the West. Quite commercialized, and simply an excuse to party and have fun.
Celebrating holi?
A very colorful festival of Indian culture.
Is this the same powder they use to make designs on the floor during festival of light?
Hmmm, good question. I can't say for sure, but I assume that it is.
I doubt that anyone would go thru the trouble of making 2 different types of powder. Let's assume this powder is multipurpose.
It is also called Dol Festival. In Bengali its called DOL JATRA (Swing Festival).
Interesting, but not surprising, since India is a multilingual country.
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I've heard about the Holi festival but I never knew there was such an interesting story behind it! It must be so much fun, getting covered with all the colorful paint, I hope I'll get to experience it sometime.