Holy is literally one of the most colorful
festivals in the world
it's a Hindu Spring Festival in India and
celebrated in other parts of Asia also known as a festival of colours or the festival of love Holi signifies a
Victory of good over evil the end of winter and the start of spring and it serves as a time for reflection
Forgiveness and renewal. Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of FTD facts. My name is Leroy Kenton and in this episode
I'm bringing you some interesting facts about Holi that will help you learn a little bit more about the festival which is celebrated by
millions of people around the world now
I think Holly is amazing on screen
The problem that I have with it is that I had no clue what it's all about now
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Notification so you don't miss any future videos like this. Okay. So let's begin with the facts the festival of Holi has two days
There's a two-day festival
And the first day is known as shorty Holi and the second day is known as Ron wali Holi
The entire city lights up with color just walking through the streets
I mean, it's it's a head trip just to think of of that day in
So when we look at the word, holy where does that name come from?
So I was interested
So I did a little bit of research on this and I found out that Holi comes from Holika
Which is a sister of the demon king Tyrion Nia Kashia, and this is all from Hindu mythology
well
When we look at the legend of Holi the legend has it that halika the sister of this demon king
Attempted to help her brother. Take his younger son prahlada life
It said that halika was blessed in a way where she couldn't even be hurt by fire
So she lured Prahlada on her lap and entered a huge bonfire
however
Prahlada who was a devotee to the Lord Vishnu
Broke halika spell on him by reciting the Lord's name and came out from the fire on
Burnt and just completely safe. Nothing was harmed on his body at all. But check this he was able to escape the fire
However, halika burned up in the fire and that's why Holi is celebrated
A whole Iike bonfire is lit every year
Of the victory of good over evil
Is celebrated on the game after the bonfire?
And I guess you'll now see why I included this next fact
so Holy's celebrations start on the night before holi with a whole iike
bonfire where people gather around they do religious rituals in front of the bonfire and they pray that all of their sins are
Completely washed away as the bonfire begins. This is what happens on chhoti Holi
We usually see the bit where everyone throws pain to each other and films are like some popular culture really
but today before
There is this bonfire night. Yeah, which is called Holika. So
Essentially, they just burgers bonfire and Bernhard Chanukah. First of all is the name of a sister of the demon king whose name is?
Get on yucca shop and another shop hidden there
Hidden area moving on to the second day of the festival of Holi. This is referred to as from wali
Holy and it's the main day when people play with wet and dry colors
Some of them come out with water guns
You know just to make things a little bit more fun and they have balloons filled with colours and they start water fights balloon fights
All of that and it just looks like so much fun
Like I've seen this celebration in like Bollywood music videos and in movies, like I've seen people post photos and I'm like ok
You know, I gotta do some holy
Festivities today just massive amounts of people throwing powder on each other
Just completely overwhelming
Yeah, that's one reason why I'm learning a bit more about the celebration because I don't want to just show off and be like
Okay, we're two colors that I want at least know a little bit about the background all the festivals
But anyways, yeah
This is probably one of the most fun parts about the Holi festival
Because people are covered from head to toe with all kinds of colors and by the end of the evening. Everybody looks completely
unrecognizable
So if your hours will surround Rishikesh I usually manage to get my shot covered
in color so you can see why the festival of Holi also goes by the name of the festival of
colours now before I continue just want to give you guys a heads up that we have a lot more videos about India and
Indian culture and history as a matter of fact, I have a playlist that's gonna be in the card section of this episode
So you can check it out there
I'll also have a link to it down below in the video description
And then I'll post it also at the end of this episode
So you definitely want to check it out if you want to find out a lot more information about
India India's culture the country on a whole and
Some of the history now I did talk about some of the purposes of why the holy festivals are celebrated
most prominently, however
It celebrates the beginning of spring in the 17th century literature Holi was identified as a festival that celebrated
Agriculture abundant spring harvest and fertile land
Hindus believe that Holi is that time of year when people enjoy Springs abundant colors and say goodbye to winter
Yeah, that's that we should be doing up here in Canada. Like it's snowing all day every day. Oh my god
anyways
Now too many people Holi actually
symbolizes the beginning of the new year and as a way of getting rid of the accumulated emotional
impurities from the past very interesting way to look at this festival also in some places like the Brad region near
Mothra in northern India Holi festivities sometimes lasts for more than a week
so not just two days these celebrations go beyond playing with colours and include a day when men go around with shields and
women get to actually beat their shields with sticks and other
Stuff but like it's all foreplay. They're not like really trying to beat the men. Well, the tradition is known as laughs more
holy and in sub India some people worship and make offerings to
Comedy v''e which is a love god of Indian mythology
Outside of Brad in the Kanpur area Holi last seven days on the last day
and festival called the gang jameelah or the Holi Mila is celebrated now this Mila or
Fair was started by freedom fighters who fought against the British rule in the first Indian war of independence in the year
1857 under the leadership of Nana Sahib
The Mila is held along the banks of the Ganges River in Kanpur. And this is all to celebrate the Hindus and Muslims who together
Resisted the British force in the city in the year
1857 on the eve of Holi Mila all government offices and shops
And courts are generally closed and Holi Mila marks the official end of holy encounter
Holi is also popular for the consumption of a very
Intoxicating ingredient called bong if you're not too familiar with what this is
well
This ingredient is mixed into drinks and sweets and is largely consumed by many during the Holi festival
bang is actually made from cannabis leaves believe it or not and has been used in food and drink as early as a
thousand BCE by Hindus in ancient India
So they had nothing going on with using cannabis back in the day
And yeah
It's still very popular now now the next thing I want to look at is what days Holi falls on every single year
well the date of Holi changes every year because
Like the Chinese New Year on the Chinese lunar calendar Hindus also used the lunar calendar
The West uses a solar calendar called the Gregorian calendar and on the Gregorian calendar Holi typically comes in March
But sometimes it falls in late February the holiday occurs on the full moon before the spring or the vernal equinox
and in 2019 Holi will fall on March 20th and
21st. Ok. So those are your facts about Holi. I hope you really learned something interesting. I know for me
This was like super fascinating because I've never explored this holiday before. I've only seen this the different colours and all of that
I'm like, what is this? I got alert some of this. I got to be part of the somehow
anyways
Let me know all your thoughts and comments down below if there's anything that you wanted to see included in this
Episode or any other facts or any interesting information about Holi leave those down below as Wow
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Until the next episode. My name is Leroy Kenton and happy Holi. You probably may not be watching this on Holi
But when it comes just happy Holi. Okay, and if you don't celebrate it just happy, whatever. Just just be happy
anyways later
Hey for everybody that made to this end screen
here's a playlist of India that I was referring to where you can find out more about the country and its history and
rich and diverse culture
If you also want to find out more information about different parts of the world, we have videos for that as well. Thank you
So much for watching and I'll see you in another episode
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