HOLI ESSAY
ESSAY ABOUT HOLI FESTIVAL
As we all know according to the CALENDER Holi is celebrated in March and falgun. People in INDIA waits for the HOLI month for a complete year. People in INDIA celebrate Holi very enthusiastically. Holi is not only celebrated in INDIA but in other countries also.
People love to play with color on holiday and also send greetings and warm love to relatives. People in INDIA make mithai's [sweet] to celebrate the holi day. Holi is a colorful festival celebrated in India and Nepal and takes place every year. It is celebrated on the full moon day in the Hindu month of Phalgun which is early March.
The festival of Holi symbolizes the victory of good over evil and the reception of spring. Holi is a festival in which people meet, play with colors and enjoy eating different types of sweets.
It starts on the full moon night and continues till evening the next day. The first evening is known as Holi with the next day as Holi or Holika Dahan.
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HOLI HISTORY, REASON OF CELEBRATION OF HOLI
There is a mythological story of the celebration of Holi. Holi is celebrated in India since ancient times. Mainly Holi is considered to be a spring welcoming festival. People as well as mother nature both enjoy themselves with the colors and vibrancy of spring.
There are many types of stories about why we celebrate Holi. One of them tells the story that an evil king named Hiranyakashyap forbade his son Prahlada to worship Lord Vishnu, but Prahlada continued to offer prayers to him.
This enraged Hiranyakashyap and prompted Prahlada to sit on the pyre with his wicked aunt Holika, who was immune to Agni. Prahlada agreed to this and prayed to Lord Vishnu to keep him safe.
What happened when he sat with his aunt on fire, Holika was burnt to ashes and Prahlad survived. That's why Holika Dahan is done.
It is also said that the red color is also known as the gulal used during the festival, which comes from the story of Lord Krishna, who had completed the dark blue color and felt insecure that his love Radha will reject them.
To make Radha look like herself, she took off Gulal to hide her skin color. Due to this Holi is also celebrated as a festival of love.
Another story related to Holi is on Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is known for his calm and meditative nature.
One day Madan, the goddess of love, decides to test Shiva's concentration power and is revealed to be a beautiful nymph. As a result, Shiva recognized Madan and was very angry.
In anger, Lord Shiva opens his third eye and burns Mandana to ashes. Thus the ashes of Mandana are taken as the basis of the bonfire of Holi.
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MORE ABOUT THE HAPPY HOLI DAY
As we all know that we need to do some rituals and customs of Holi.It is an ancient Hindu festival filled with colors of love and enthusiasm. The main idea behind Holi is to reunite with your beloved once and play with colors. That's why we call Holi a festival of colors.
There are various cultural rituals associated with Holi:-
Preparation for Holika Dahan : A few days before Holika Pir, people start collecting firewood and various types of combustible materials. They also look outside for open space that will be bonfires.
Holika Dahan: After sunset on full moon day people used to gather in an open space and pyre was lit which symbolizes Holika Dahan. This ritual symbolizes the victory of good over evil.
Playing with colors: The day after Holika Dahan is celebrated as Holi. On this day people color each other and fall in love with celebrating the festival and spend quality time with them.
Dry natural colors, watercolors, water balloons and various types of chemical dyes are used on this day. That is why we call it the festival of colors.
Other variety of rituals: The festival of Holi in the Braj region of Mathura lasts for more than a week. Holi rituals proceed from playing with colors.
They follow a ritual that men used to protect themselves with shields and women beat them with sticks. Whereas in South India, people worship and pray to Kamdev, the pioneer of Indian mythology on this day.
Food: People eat a variety of sweets and dishes after the joyous day of Holi. Holi is a very famous dessert Gujhiya which is liked by both children and adults.
Holi festival is a festival of colors: This festival itself tells many stories. There is another part of the coin with lots of beautiful things to know about Holi. Holika Dahan is believed to contribute to the harvesting of a bonfire.
It is also believed that smoke from the bonfire increases air pollution. Thus since this festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil, it also contributes to polluting the environment.
It is also one of the most widely celebrated festivals internally. Thus the festival binds people of different backgrounds and cultures together and binds them to the triumph of good thoughts and deeds, welcoming the spring season with the new harvest and the blooming of Mother Nature- Celebrates with Loved the day and once as a thanksgiving day with his family, friends.
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