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| Gaines in Color |
The celebration of Holi takes place over 2 days, the first being a religious ceremony and low key, while the second day is referred to as Color Day. Color Day is one of many colors as the title implies - fuscia, green, blue, red, and yellow powders are thrown, rubbed on, and sprinkled on top of your head by hand. Bags of color are sold at the stores lining the streets in plastic bags, which are hung on your belt, dipped into, and dispersed. If you are on the streets, you are liable to be colored in many shades as well as water balloons thrown from motorcycles and and buckets of water from rooftops. If that's not enough the small children get you with water pistols!
I went to a party in the chowk (open area) next to Little Prince Guesthouse.
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| Holi Dancing! |
Music played full blast as the dancing began. Colored powder filled the air as we gyrated to the music...well, the guys did most of the gyrating. Children gathered along with women in saris; everyone covered in color! What a great celebration! As the day wore on, I decided to make my way back across the foot bridge and home. Needless to say in the 20 minutes it took me to walk home, I had 2 buckets of water thrown on me, 3 water balloons thrown from bikes, and many people wishing me a Happy Holi as they rubbed color on my face and hair. I looked like a colorful, drowned rat by the time I got home! Too fun!
