HOW TO CELEBRATE HOLI
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What Is Holi? HOLI IS AN ANCIENT RELIGIOUS HINDU FESTIVAL AND ALSO KNOWN AS 'HOLIKA.' SOMETIMES IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS FESTIVAL OF COLORS AND HAPPINESS.
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Lighting the Holika Bonfire TRADITIONALLY, 40 DAYS BEFORE THE HOLI CELEBRATION, PEOPLE GATHER STACKS OF WOOD AND OTHER FLAMMABLE SCRAP MATERIAL IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY AND A DAY BEFORE HOLI, PEOPLE LIGHT UP THE BONFIRE AND CHANT THE RAKSHOGHNA MANTRAS AND DANCE AROUND THE BONFIRE. THIS BONFIRE SYMBOLIZES THE VICTORY OVER EVIL BECAUSE HOLIKA (THE SISTER OF THE DEMON KING HIRANYAKASHIPU) TRIED TO KILL PRAHLAD, THE SON OF HIRANYAKASHIPU AND A DEVOTED FOLLOWER OF LORD NARAYANA.
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AT THE DAY OF HOLI, PEOPLE SAY GOODBYE TO WINTER SEASON AND WELCOME SPRING SEASON BY SHOWERING COLORS ON EACH OTHER. SOME INDIVIDUALS BUY GULAL FROM MARKET OR SOME OF THE PEOPLE LOVE TO MAKE COLORS AT HOME FROM THE FLOWERS OF PALASH.
PLAY WITH DRY COLORS
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Holi with colored water KIDS ENJOY HOLI BY THROWING WATER COLORS ON EACH OTHER WITH PICHKARI. PICHKARI IS BASICALLY A WATER GUN WHICH IS FILLED WITH WATER BY MIXING DIFFERENT COLORS IN IT.
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CELEBRATION BY VISITING FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN THE EVENING TIME, AFTER PLAYING HOLI PEOPLE LOVE TO VISIT AT FRIENDS AND RELATIVE'S HOME TO WISH THEM THIS COLORFUL FEST AND EXCHANGE SWEETS AND GIFTS.
HAPPY HOLI