{"id":5167,"date":"2024-03-29T15:13:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidstravelworld.com\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2024-03-29T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:14:00","slug":"holi-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidstravelworld.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/holi-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Holi Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Holi is one of the most important holidays in India. It is the festival of colour, light and love and signals the beginning of Spring. It celebrates Krishna and Rahdna and some victory or other. I found the story a bit confusing, but you can read more about it on Wikipedia here<\/a>. It also falls on a particular full moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a couple of days leading up to the festival, the shops start to sell colourful fried snacks and coloured powders. Then, the festival starts the night before by lighting a bunch of bonfires which consist mostly of cow poop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The guy at the restaurant where we ate dinner told us that they would light the fires around 8 pm. So, at 8, we all went up to the homestay roof deck where we could view the local fire (pictured above). While we were waiting, we listened to some Indian music and R. gave us a poi show and everyone had a go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their beautiful dog, Melo, was a keen audience member.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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