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    The document provides information about the Holi festival celebrated in India. It discusses that Holi is a celebration of good over evil, marked by people spraying colored powders in the streets while dancing and singing. It occurs in early March according to the Hindu calendar. The document outlines the preparation and celebration steps, including lighting bonfires the evening before and using various natural and commercial colors. It notes Holi has grown popular abroad due to the Indian diaspora and as a way for communities to stay connected to their culture and show children the significance. The celebration varies regionally in India but generally involves smearing colors and festivities in public areas. Holi signifies a new beginning and day of forgetting past conflicts and debts.

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    The document provides information about the Holi festival celebrated in India. It discusses that Holi is a celebration of good over evil, marked by people spraying colored powders in the streets while dancing and singing. It occurs in early March according to the Hindu calendar. The document outlines the preparation and celebration steps, including lighting bonfires the evening before and using various natural and commercial colors. It notes Holi has grown popular abroad due to the Indian diaspora and as a way for communities to stay connected to their culture and show children the significance. The celebration varies regionally in India but generally involves smearing colors and festivities in public areas. Holi signifies a new beginning and day of forgetting past conflicts and debts.

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    The document provides information about the Holi festival celebrated in India. It discusses that Holi is a celebration of good over evil, marked by people spraying colored powders in the streets while dancing and singing. It occurs in early March according to the Hindu calendar. The document outlines the preparation and celebration steps, including lighting bonfires the evening before and using various natural and commercial colors. It notes Holi has grown popular abroad due to the Indian diaspora and as a way for communities to stay connected to their culture and show children the significance. The celebration varies regionally in India but generally involves smearing colors and festivities in public areas. Holi signifies a new beginning and day of forgetting past conflicts and debts.

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    Festival of Colors in India

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    The document provides information about the Holi festival celebrated in India. It discusses that Holi is a celebration of good over evil, marked by people spraying colored powders in the streets while dancing and singing. It occurs in early March according to the Hindu calendar. The document outlines the preparation and celebration steps, including lighting bonfires the evening before and using various natural and commercial colors. It notes Holi has grown popular abroad due to the Indian diaspora and as a way for communities to stay connected to their culture and show children the significance. The celebration varies regionally in India but generally involves smearing colors and festivities in public areas. Holi signifies a new beginning and day of forgetting past conflicts and debts.

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    FESTIVAL OF

    COLORS IN
    INDIA
    HOLI
    FESTIVAL

    LILIA ILCHENKO, УМІ-11


    WHAT IS IT ?
    THE HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLORS IN
    INDIA IS A CELEBRATION OF THE
    VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL, THE
    DESTRUCTION OF THE DEMONESS
    HOLIKA.
    IT IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR ON THE
    DAY AFTER THE FULL MOON IN THE
    HINDU MONTH OF PHALGUNA WHICH IS
    EARLY MARCH.
    PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE START OF
    SPRING AND OTHER EVENTS IN THE
    HINDU RELIGION; THEY MARCH THE
    STREETS AND SPRAY PEOPLE WITH
    COLORED POWDERS WHILE DANCING
    AND SINGING.
    3 STEPS FOR HOLI FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
    01 PREPARATION

    BEFORE THE FESTIVAL, PEOPLE OFTEN


    GATHER WOOD AND COMBUSTIBLE
    MATERIAL TO LIGHT A BONFIRE IN
    PARKS, IN COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
    ALSO IN OPEN SPACES.
    PREPARATION ALSO INVOLVES STOKING
    HOMES WITH FOOD, PARTY DRINKS AND
    FESTIVE FOODS LIKE MATHRI, MALPUAS
    AND GUJIYA AMONG MANY OTHER
    FOODSTUFFS.
    3 STEPS FOR HOLI FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
    02 LIGHTING THE BONFIRE

    THE EVE OF HOLI, THE PYRE IS LIGHT


    TO SIGNIFY THE HOLIKA DAHAN.
    PEOPLE ALSO GATHER AROUND THE
    FIRE, SINGING, AND DANCING.
    3 STEPS FOR HOLI FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
    03 COLORS

    THERE ARE NUMEROUS COLORS PEOPLE USE ON


    THIS OCCASION. TRADITIONALLY, THE USER OF A
    WASHABLE NATURAL COLOR IS THE BEST FOR
    THIS OCCASION. SOME OF THE COLORS YOU CAN
    USE INCLUDE DHAK, KUMKUM, TURMERIC, AND
    NEEM.
    MOREOVER, WATER-BASED COMMERCIAL
    PIGMENTS WORK AS WELL, IF YOU CAN'T ASSESS
    THE TRADITIONAL COLORS.
    WHY HAS HOLI BECOME POPULAR OUTSIDE INDIA?
    HOLI HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR OUTSIDE OF INDIA — IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF
    THE MILLIONS OF INDIANS AND OTHER SOUTH ASIANS LIVING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
    AS WITH DIWALI, ANOTHER INDIAN FESTIVAL, COMMUNITIES WITH SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE
    LIVING ABROAD OFTEN GET TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE HOLI.
    “WE WANT THE FUTURE GENERATION TO BE CONNECTED TO THE CULTURE BACK HOME,” SAYS
    MINAL JAISWAL, WHO MOVED TO LONDON FROM MUMBAI IN 2003. JAISWAL ORGANIZES A
    NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOLI EVENT EVERY YEAR FOR LONDON’S SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY, WHICH
    FEATURES DANCE PERFORMANCES AND SHORT PLAYS ON THE STORY BEHIND HOLI.
    “CELEBRATING AS A COMMUNITY HELPS PARENTS SHOW THEIR CHILDREN WHAT THIS FESTIVAL
    STANDS FOR.”
    HOW THE HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLORS IS CELEBRATED IN
    EVERY REGION ACROSS INDIA
    THE HOLI FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED ACROSS THE WHOLE OF INDIA WITH
    DIFFERENT TRADITIONS IN EACH REGION. GENERALLY, THE
    CELEBRATION OF HOLI IN NORTH INDIA, IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF
    DELHI, AGRA, AND JAIPUR, IS MORE VIVID THAN IN THE SOUTHERN
    PART OF INDIA, WHICH FOCUSES ON RELIGION AND TEMPLE RITUALS.
    THE HOLI CELEBRATION IS WITNESSED IN EVERY NOOK OF THESE
    CITIES.
    IN DELHI, ON THE MORNING OF THE FESTIVAL, PEOPLE USHER IN A
    HUGE CARNIVAL; YOUNG AND OLD PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN, GO OUT
    TO STREETS AND SMEAR COLORED POWDERS AND WATER AT EACH
    OTHER WHILE SINGING AND DANCING, SAYING HOLI HAI (IT IS HOLI).
    THE BEST REGION TO CELEBRATE HOLI IS IN THE RESIDENTIAL
    NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOUTH DELHI. THE HOLI COW FESTIVAL, KNOWN
    AS HOLI MOO FESTIVAL, IS A POPULAR MODERN-DAY HOLI
    CELEBRATION. IT IS A CARNIVAL OF NON-TOXIC COLORS, STREET
    FOOD, THANDAI (A YOGURT DRINK WITH SPICES), DANCE AND MUSIC.
    THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HOLI
    THE HOLI HAS A HUGE CULTURAL
    SIGNIFICANCE IN HINDU CULTURE.
    IT OPENS A NEW BEGINNING FROM
    PAST ERROR, SERVING AS THE END OF
    THE CONFLICT, AND ALSO A DAY WHEN
    PEOPLE FORGET AND FORGIVE. IN
    MOST CASES, PEOPLE PAY THEIR DEBT
    AND ALSO FORGIVE DEBTS EMBRACING
    NEW DEALS IN THEIR LIVES.
    THANKS FOR ATTENTION !

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