Happy Holi 2019

Hindus celebrate Indian festival of colours Holi on the day of Purnima the full moon, in the month of Falgun over two consecutive days.

 

It’s seen as a opportunity for people to have a fresh start and a chance to meet people and repair old relationships.

On Holika dahan people gather around an pyre and light bonfires to symbolise good triumphing over evil, the event based around an old story in which the Hindu demoness Holika was burned to death with the help of the God Vishu.

The next day the festival of colourful reputation comes from Holi’s Rangwali Holi. People smear each other with colours in the streets. People are often seen carrying drums and other instruments, singing songs and dancing.

The meaning of red colour symbolises love and fertility and blue represents the Hindu god Krishna and green celebrates new beginnings.