Holi is an ancient Hindu festival that celebrates the arrival of spring. It involves lighting bonfires the night before, and spraying colored powders and water on others the next day. Holi marks the end of winter, the beginning of a new year for some Hindus, and is a time to renew relationships and forget past conflicts. It is celebrated in India, Nepal and parts of Europe in March.

1. The Festival of Colors

3. Holi is a festival of colors. It is an
ancient Hindu religious festival which
has become popular in India, Nepal and
some parts of Europe as a Spring
celebration of colors.

5. Holi is an important festival to
Hindus. It is celebrated at the end of the
Winter season which usually falls in
March, sometimes in late February.

7. The festival has many
purposes. First, it celebrates the
beginning of the new season,
Spring. Hindus believe it is a time of
enjoying Spring's abundant colors
and saying good bye to winter.

9. Holi festivities mark the beginning of
new year to many Hindus, as well as they
reset and renew ruptured relationships
and end conflicts from the past.

10. The night before Holi, bonfires will
be lit. People will dance and sing around
the fire. For the day of Holi, people will
play, chase and color each other with dry
powder and colored water.

12. At the end of the day, after
having fun with coloring people all
around the town. In the evening
they will dress up nicely then visit
their friends and family. It is a
national holiday in India.

13. Vocabulary
Ancient
=> Very old, aged
Abundant
=>Present in great quantity
Rupture
=>a breach of relations

14. Happy
Holi