Just a short one here... but the photos can make up the word count and set the scene:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cosimo-roams/sets/72157623421186071/
The Festival of Colour, or Holi... a festival of radiance in the universe. During this festival, different waves of radiance traverse the universe, thereby creating various colours that nourish and complement the function of respective elements in the atmosphere (thanks again Wikipedia). Also a fine excuse to run through the streets high on life or booze or narcotics or all three and throw handfuls of luminous coloured dye in strangers' faces.
It seems so obvious in hindsight, that turning random strangers into your own little Jackson Pollock interpretations can be so fun! The minute someone was stained with even the slightest amount of coloured dye their countenence shifted... colourful intentions filled their eyes as they grabbed for the nearest bag of electric blue dye or bright pink water... intentions to colour their assailant ever so slightly more than they had been moments earlier. And so it spread, across the beaches and streets, over hills and plains... into the towns and cities, throughout the Sub-Continent like some psychadelic zombie invasion. It was so much fun! Everyone involved was, without exeption, lost in the ludicrous nature of the lingering moment. I doubt the question didn't cross the minds of everyone involved as to whether the world would be a happier place if Holi happened a little more often.
I doubt that anyone who asked that question was in doubt as to the answer.
Happy Holi people!!! Coming to a town near you one day soon I hope!!!
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
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My favourite blog so far! It made me smile and feel full of the joys of spring... and I'm wearing black! Great photos. xxx
ReplyDeleteman, you should write to some magazines in UK for a small subsidiary...! Always got the chills when I read your blog. At first I thought because I knew what you were talking about, but Holi we have never seen.... I ARE jealouse....!
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I agree with you Ellen - I think he should write for a magazine or two... it's good stuff!
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