15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

Categories: Holidays and Festivals

Today, India celebrates a stunningly beautiful and colorful holiday - Holi. We invite you to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a riot of colors and blooming spring of one of the most incredible Hindu rituals for a few moments.

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15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

1. Holi, or the Bengali New Year, is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Phalguna, which falls at the end of February - March. (Photo: tierraindia.in)

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

2. At this spring festival, people indulge in general fun, forgetting about social norms. During Holi, Indians gather around public fires, douse friends and family members with paint and water, dance, and generally express their emotions very violently.

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

3. The holiday is associated with the story of how the god Shiva incinerated the god of love Kama with his third eye, who tried to bring him out of meditation, after which Kama remained incorporeal. But at the request of Shiva's wife Parvati and Kama's wife, the goddess Rati, Shiva returned Kama's body for 3 months a year.

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

4. When Kama takes on a body, everything around blooms, and happy people celebrate the most joyful holiday of love.

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

5. The flirtation of a young man and a girl during Holi is a favorite theme for dance. The young man lures the girl out, distracts her, she stares at something, and at that moment he smears her with colored powder or pours tinted water over her. The girl is offended, he asks for forgiveness (a characteristic gesture - he takes his earlobes). She forgives him and also in return pours colored water on him.

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

6. A rare and valuable opportunity for young people in the general severity of Indian mores. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP)

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

7. Participants in the action actively use the bhang drink, which includes either juice or hemp leaves and dairy products. Varieties of bhang: bhang lassi - yogurt with hemp leaf juice, thandai lassi - a mixture of milk, sugar, spices, almonds and, of course, hemp leaves (juice).

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

8. Thousands of people celebrating on the streets of the Indian city of Allahabad. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh)

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

9. Holi in Kolkata

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

10. Kolkata

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

11. In a small village near the town of Matura

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

12. Allahabad, India

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

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15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

14. Many tourists also try not to miss the chance to participate in this unforgettable event.

15 Unforgettable Moments of Holi - Bengali New Year

15. Bright and sunny Holi

Keywords: India | Ritual | Holi

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