Thanks Dipesh Shrestha for the photo.
Red for victory; yellow for happiness; blue for peace; orange for joy; green for wealth; pink for love and purple for health: may all these colors blend you and result a new color called your life.
So goes the only sms wish I received on Fagu Purnima [or Holi – the festival of colors]; it may not exactly represent the meaning of the colors but it surely represent the theme of the festival. The festival of colors meant to bring happiness on us as we celebrate the victory of good over evil.
The festival, celebrated of good’s victory over evil, by smearing colors on faces. For my community, we sacrifice a he-goat to god Bhairav in a temple that existed in our neighborhood since before my birth. Since the offering is done in the morning, it takes half-day to complete the function and then, with all hands smeared in red color while hand-painting the big stone – that we call Bhairav, there is hardly any chance to leave the temple without red smeared on face.
So, despite many people of my age, not playing with colors and water, I along with my relatives generally celebrate it. Same was this year [also drinking of Ghhotta – a drink that sometime makes you more than tipsy and smoking marijiuana].
It was a joy! The festival is a joy [ok unless you turn to be a girl on the street as pointed out in this blog post.]
