Celebrating Holi

By: Yashna Patel

The Junior League of Cincinnati celebrated its first Holi event in May! Holi is known as the festival of colors that has an overarching theme of good over evil. Several League members had the opportunity to learn about the practices and customs of this Hindu festival as one of our diversity, equity, inclusivity, and belonging initiatives. The event started with a twenty-minute presentation with conversations on how Indians celebrate the festival in the U.S. as well as in India, the origins and history of Holi, and ended with a Bollywood video that demonstrated what generally happens during a Holi celebration. As we closed the Columbia Center, members gathered to eat some Indian sweets and delicacies as well drink a mix of pomegranate and lemonade juice we called “The Ruby.” Members enjoyed learning some Bollywood dance moves and grooving to energetic Indian music and the festival of colors began! As the members saw the bags of color being cut open, they couldn’t wait to dig in and start throwing it around. There were several passerby cars that must have wondered why we weren’t running as the “Color Run” is what comes to mind with colored powder. Little did they know that our nonprofit was busy celebrating spring! Holi is generally in February or March, but if the weather is cold, Holi can be quite miserable which is why it was decided it would be in May during the spring season. Thank you to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Membership Engagement committee, Meg Anaker and Sam Markle, for helping make this happen.

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