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Concept
Holi
Summary
Holi ('hoːli:) is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love and Spring.
It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the god Radha and Krishna.
Additionally, the day also signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it commemorates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha Narayana over Hiranyakashipu.
Holi originated and is predominantly celebrated in the Indian subcontinent but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the Indian diaspora.
Holi also celebrates the arrival of Spring in India, the end of winter, and the blossoming of love. It is also an invocation for a good spring harvest season. It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima (Full Moon Day) falling in the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which falls around the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar.
Holi (होली, ಹೋಳಿ, होळी, होली, ਹੋਲੀ, హోళి) is also known as Dol Jatra (swing festival") and Bôshonto Utshôb (বসন্ত উৎসব) ("spring festival") in Bengal (West Bengal and Bangladesh), Dôl Jātrā (দ’ল যাত্ৰা) in Assam, Phāgu Pūrṇimā (फागु पूर्णिमा) in the hilly region of Nepal, Dola jātra (ଦୋଳଯାତ୍ରା) in Odisha, Fagua or Phagua (फगुआ) in eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, and northeastern Jharkhand, Phagwah (Caribbean Hindustani: पगवा) in the Caribbean (namely Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname), and Phagua (पगवा) in Fiji.
The main day of the celebration is known as "Holi", "Rangwali Holi", "Dol Purnima", "Dhuleti", "Dhulandi", "Ukuli", "Manjal Kuli", "Yaosang", "Shigmo", "Phagwah", or "Jajiri".
Holi is a sacred ancient tradition of Hindus, a holiday in many states of India and Nepal with regional holidays in other countries. To many Hindus and some non-Hindus, it is a playful cultural event and an excuse to throw coloured water at friends or strangers in jest. It is also observed broadly in the Indian subcontinent. Holi is celebrated at the end of winter, on the last full moon day of the Hindu luni-solar calendar month marking the spring, making the date vary with the lunar cycle.
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