Holi, the Festival of Colors is celebrated with enthusiasm and gaiety on the full moon day in the Hindu month of Phalgun, which is the month of March in English calendar. Holi is also called the Spring Festival in India as it marks the arrival of spring the season of hope and joy. Entire country wears a festive look when it is time for Holi celebration. Market places get abuzz with activity as frenzied shoppers start making preparations for the festival. Heaps of various hues of gulal and abeer can be seen on the roadside days before the festival. Pichkaris in innovative and modern design too come up every year to lure the children who wish to collect them as Holi memorabilia and to drench everybody in the town.

In households, womenfolk cook loads of gujiya, mathri and papri for the family and also for the relatives. In North India, there is also a tradition to make papads and potato chips on the festival.

Holi Celebrations with Colors
On the day of Holi, loud chants of Holi Hai...! and Bura na mano Holi Hai ! reverberate in every street and lanes of the city as the people get into full mood and spirit to celebrate the festival of colours. Bright colours of gulal and abeer fill the air and people take turns in pouring colour water over each other. Children take special delight in spraying colours on one another with their pichkaris and throwing water balloons and passers by. Women and senior citizen form groups called tolis and move in colonies - applying colours and exchanging greetings. Songs, dancing on the rhythm of dholak and mouthwatering Holi delicacies are the other highlights of the Holi Festival celebrations. Lovers too take opportunity of the festival and apply colours on their beloved to express love. This tradition has its roots in a popular legend that says mischievous Lord Krishna started the trend of playing colours by applying colour on his beloved Radha.

After colourful and exciting day, Holi evenings are spent in sobriety. People meet friends and relatives and exchange sweets and festive greetings. People in India believe that joyful spirit of Holi encourages the feeling of brotherhood in society and even the enemies turn friend on this day. People of all communities and even religions participate in this joyous festival of colours and strengthen the secular fabric of the nation.

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