Blue, red, yellow, green, purple… India joyfully celebrates the arrival of spring – its peoples and streets covered by water and dyes. Millions of Indians go out in the streets with water guns, buckets, and, above all, with powders dyed in all possible colors.
It is one of the most important festivities in the Indian calendar; it is lived with enthusiasm in all the cities of the country in the midst of a festive atmosphere that makes all differences in castes and religion vanish.
People wake up to the sound of drums that call to dance all who dare come out of their houses and participate in a fun war of colors.
It is the festival of fun, romance and fraternity – Holi celebrates the triumph of good over evil. With the appearance of the full moon in March, the ceremonies start on the day before Holi with a group prayer during which every family throws a stalk in the fire as an offering to the gods that protect the fields’ first fruits.
The eldest man in the family starts the celebration by throwing some colored water on his relatives, which makes the younger ones to follow suit – a ceremony that symbolizes the exchange of affection and blessings.
On Holi’s eve, on many streets, men dressed up as gods light big bonfires, and the neighbors come out to see the women sing and dance around the fire.
There is no doubt that spring is tantamount to life, play, coming together, rebirth, light and color. We find ourselves at the perfect moment to renew ourselves, and this is what Asha-Kiran does before new challenges that take shape in new Projects for children, and which we face with renewed energy, with vitality, with passion.
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