Indian Embassy Spouses Association in Kuwait celebrates Holi
Kuwait – Bhavna Club, the Indian Embassy Spouses Association in Kuwait, celebrated Holi, the popular Indian festival of colors, on Monday at the Indian Embassy premises, according to a press release forwarded to Al Watan Daily Wednesday. Children and grownـups celebrated the festival with dry colors and squirt guns, and danced to traditional songs and music. The participants later enjoyed a festive vegetarian lunch of special dishes traditionally prepared for the occasion.
Indian Ambassador Ajai Malhotra noted that Holi is celebrated across the length and breadth of India with tremendous gusto and enthusiasm. He extended warm greetings and good wishes for prosperity and happiness to all on the auspicious occasion of the Holi festival.
Holi is a Hindu festival that welcomes the spring and celebrates the new life and energy of the season. Although Holi has religious roots, not much religious activity is involved in its celebration. It is the most energetic Indian festival, filled with fun and good humor.
Holi was originally a spring festival of fertility and harvest. Now it also marks the ancient Hindu legend of Holika and Prahalad, which provide some of the ingredients for the celebrations. The festival celebrates the ultimate triumph of good over evil.
During the evening of the full moon, the day before Holi, bonfires are lit in the streets.The next day, people of all ages go into the streets for jollifications and paintـthrowing. It is a time when traditional roles and levels of status in Indian society are turned upside down.
Al Watan
