Owing to its rich culture and diverse religious beliefs, India has numerous festivals that are celebrated in different parts of the country. One of the most popular and traditional festivals is Holi. The Festival of colors is a celebration of the onset of spring and the triumph of good over evil. The festival is a visual treat with people smearing ‘Gulal’ (bright colored powder) on each other’s faces, throwing water balloons on passersby, and gorging on traditional sweets. They sing, dance, attack everyone with water guns, and throw buckets of water at each other. The festival is played amongst strangers, friends, and even foes, forgetting all the old grievances.
Holi is celebrated all over India in myriad ways but the spirit remains the same. However, one must visit Mathura and Vrindavan for a vibrant and traditional experience. The festival is said to be inspired by the antics of Lord Krishna who drenched the village girls with color and water. The day before Holi, also known as ‘Choti Holi’, a bonfire is lit and the effigy of the demoness Holika is burnt signifying the end of evil. During ‘Holika Dahan’ people walk around the bonfire praying, singing, and dancing.
Place: All over India
Day: After Full Moon in March, 19th March 2022
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I love that you included wildebeest migration on this list. What a unique phenomenon that would be to witness!
It is definitely!!
Sadly I haven’t been to any. I hope I can visit the festival in Rio also tomorrowland!
You will sometime soon!!
There are some fantastic events on here! I think I’d be up for most of them but la tomatina seems a little too much for me at the moment.
I’m sorry to say that I haven’t been to any of these but they’re definitely on my bucketlist. I think the top of my list is the Northern Light, I’ve heard no end of amazing stories so it would be great to experience this first hand. Great post, thanks for sharing 🙂
Amazing destinations! I didn’t know about La Tomatina, Bunol, but definitely it’s now in my bucket list! Thank you for sharing!
I have yet to go to any of these, I want to so badly. I am hoping this year I can see the northern lights. Thank you for educating us about each of the festivals.
I’ve got almost all of them on my bucket list, and the wildbeest migration and the Northern Lights are definitely on top of that list! I once visited Tokyo at the fag end of the cherry blossom season and even then it was so beautiful, with much lesser crowds. 🙂
They are all worth visiting.
I’ve been to some countries on this list, but none of these festivals. I would seriously love to do to the Snow and Ice Festival in China. It looks fantastic 🙂
Wow, such an amazing post. Really I like your blog.