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This celebration consists of vibrant coloured powders, water, and white clothes....resulting in an exciting and messy festivity that takes a long time to clean up!
Regardless of the stained clothing, dry/dirty hair and having to scrub your skin to see its original colour, this cultural celebration is worth all the effort.
In Australia, to celebrate Holi is not as much of a momentous festival as it may be in India. Many Indians living in Western countries have never had the opportunity to celebrate Holi. However the rarity of actually being able to celebrate it outside of India is unique, therefore the number of times people have celebrated Holi differ depending on the availability of this event in their location, though the celebration is run yearly in India on a grand scale. The event is for people of all ages so regardless everyone feels youthful and have fun.
Holi is all about creating a unity in differences. People of all backgrounds are able to participate. An example of this was the recent Macquarie University's INSC student group's Holi event. The indian group celebrated Holi together with both Indians and non-Indians. In fact, here is a picture of myself and my friend who is half Indian at the event:
The day is also about having fun and rejoicing in the beauties of colours that surround us, as well as reminding us to not take simple things in life for granted.
By the end, when everyone looks like confetti, it symbolises how we are all equal and elimates discrimination through joy, happiness, play, God and colour.
Happy Holi!
- Madhu
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REFERENCES for pictures (In Order of Appearance):
http://www.englishforum.ch/attachments/daily-life/39389-holi-holi-holi-holi3.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/holi2010_03_03/h16_22438875.jpg
http://static.indianexpress.com/pic/uploadedImages/bigImages/B_Id_370466_holi-old.jpg
[My own photo]
http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/22032011_holi_day/holi_001.jpg
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