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Holi begins with bonfires all over the city the night before where people gather to sing and dance. The next morning begins a wild carnival atmosphere of chasing people and throwing dry powder or colored water
using water guns or water balloons. Everyone outside is fair game, family, adult, child, friend or strangers! Holi is a national holiday in all of India. Today, March 15, 2014 is Holi this year.
Holi is celebrated at the approach of the vernal equinox based on the Hindu calendar. It is the celebration of good over evil and the arrival of spring (sweaters are no longer needed!) It is a holiday to laugh, love, play, forget , and repair relationships.
We, all dressed in white and went to Cept University for a wild time! We were the only professors in the crowd. There was a pit full of water in the sand field where revilers were thrown in the water. Thankfully our age and position were respected and we weren’t manhandled. There was a huge pot of chai and we had some. Later the students gleefully told us it had been laced with “hash”. They got a huge laugh out of the fact we didn’t know, but no one told US! Truthfully, I was no more loopy than usual. . . . .
I discovered,in my reading,that there is a huge Yogi-Holi Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork Utah. There is a video if you are interested.
We wanted to start a Holi celebration here, but it is spring break and the weather is most definitely winter! If ever you are in India at this time of year, check the calender as this is awesome fun!
The whole colorful group. . . . .
Mallory, Shane and me. . . . . . a hug after the attack!
The smiling? professor and me. . . .
This Is Incredible Holi! Happy Holi, India!
Wikipedia for text and one picture
TalesAlongTheWay 
I loved this post, so colorful and expressive of your joy and understanding of culture. I have featured many times the concept of karma on my posts, Have only had one good friend from India, I helped her ‘liberate’ herself, within the structure of her traditional marriage. I wrote a post about the couple, Sunny and Kim. I will enjoy reading more about your thoughts and always like photos! Smiles, Robin
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Oh thank you so much for telling me about the post on Sunny and Kim. I enjoyed reading it very much. Arranged marries are still the “practice of the land” in India, but there are some that are not. Women wear pants but with long tunics and the students at Cept University wore jeans. Indian men wear jeans all the time. Indian women always cover their legs, but their midriff is uncovered with the sari…..still. Not me. . . but older women there do! thank you so much!
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I am so glad that you shared all of this information with me. Comparing traditions and customs of other lands is so interesting. When I tell younger people, including my own three children, that I had to wear skirts to school all the way up until senior year of high school, they are shocked. Each part of history is so intertwined, countries, lives connected and I am fascinated by your stories here.
I nominated you for The Shauny Award. It is one given out for blogging excellence. I hope you will check out my post, this will show you a few more people who may come visit your post, since I added your link to my list of ten nominees. Enjoy your day! Smiles, Robin
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Looks like an absolute fun!
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Your eyes don’t lie! 😎
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You have captured the feel of the celebration perfectly: an explosion of colour.
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Oh, I am so glad you think so ! Happy Holi!
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Reblogged this on Oyia Brown and commented:
What a messy festival!
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Thanks Oyia. Lots of mess = lots of fun!
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Oh I’d much rather be celebrating Holi, rather than St Patrick’s Day here in Ireland!
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Wow, interesting idea!
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My God, those are some colors. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them before.
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I keep telling you , my friend. You have got to go to India!
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I hear you, I hear you.
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😎
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Did you send this to your brother ? Wondering his impression?
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He’s a fan. He’s got a soft spot for India, and is still amazed by the place.
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Between your bro and me, we will get you there, yet!
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I love color..
Great blog!!
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The Indian colors are well so. . . . . colorful ! 😎
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I love it. That looks like the most fun I’ve seen people have in years. Wish we had an equivalent of it over here. I would hope to walk into all of the colors at once. Such a beautiful post. Thanks Anne.
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I would hope for that for you , too, my friend!
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Brilliant!! I love it! Such an amazing experience 🙂
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So glad you enjoyed it Elaine! It was great fun !
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My experience of Holi day stays fixed in my memory forever xx
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It is , I would think, a universal reaction!
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What beautiful colours and a beautiful day… so glad you came and found my blog… I look forward to sharing our journeys together… Thankyou Barbara
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I am so glad. . . . welcome. Visit again soon !
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Wow! Just love Holi and your pics capture it so well Anne 🙂
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The video was on YouTube. aren ‘t they amazing ? Thanks for the visits!
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WOW, thanks for sharing and great pictures!!
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Wild and fun day !
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Brings back fond memories of our Holi adventures in Goa several springs ago. I think there might still be patches of kaleidoscopic color somewhere on my clothes or camera strap. 🙂 How long have you been in India?
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We were in India from January until May 2013 for a semester. Husband is professor of architecture and took 11 students to study at a university there . We also traveled to the north for 2 weeks and 10 days to the south. It was a wonderful experience and we hope to return in 2015! Thanks for the comment. Have a lovely week!
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