2. 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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3. 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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4. PLAY WITH DRY
COLORS
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.
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5. 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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6. 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.
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