Holi is a
unique Holi Gulal Hindu Festival originated from the Indian subcontinent, and this festival
is celebrated in the month of Feb or March. Holi has various names, and people
of different states might be following different traditions but makes their
unique touch by the way Hindus celebrated this festival.
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| colour powder festival |
The festival
is full of joy and love, and it is celebrated by color powders, generally called Holi Gulal, which is also
known as Abeer. This festival is famous for the uniqueness in celebration
because it is a kind of color powder party people throw powder
solutions to each other while singing and dancing.
Origin
According to
the legend, Lord Krishna develops a character in blue skin color after drinking
poisoned milk of the demon Putana. After that, he was worried about his skin
tone color because now Radha is very fair in skin color as compared to
him.
Then Krishna
complained to his mother about the whole scenario. As a result, his mother asks
him to approach Radha and fill her face with any color as he wanted. That is
why Holi Gulal Hindu Festival, is celebrated by
throwing colors to each and spreading love & joy together.
How
Hindus Traditionally Celebrate Holi?
Mostly in
Holi people wear milky white dresses. Mens mostly wear milky white Kurta, and
Pyjamas with fabrics of silk and cotton are suiting such occasions, and these
fabrics are designed to absorb the maximum amount of gulal powder also these fabrics protecting the wet skin whereas
women's wear Salwar Kamiz and Sarees according to their traditions.
The overall
appearance is casual as people are not concerned about their clothes because
they are all about coloring each other faces with organic gulal colours powder and wearing new dresses. People were
celebrating this festival by the exchange of sweets with each other like Gujia,
Ras Malai, Puran Poli, etc. In India, you will find many ways to celebrate Holi
like Lath Maar Holi, celebrated with drinking bhang, celebrated with pakka
colors, Holika Dahan, Basant Utvsav, Elephant Festival, Hola Mohalla,
etc.
Please follow eco-friendly Holi to celebrate
this festival. Holi is a color
powder festival, so do not use chemicals colors as it is not
harmful to your skin or body.
