Holi Festival, Uttar Pradesh (March)

Rituals & celebration of Holi Festival is an aspect of Hindu dharma. Rituals & celebrations are an important and human component of our participation in the social and cosmic order, of our dharma. Holi Festival is a spring celebration, the exuberant ritual of throwing paint at each other and not sparing each other at all, is a variation of the common theme of spring rituals the world over. The logic is that on the first day of spring, people need to wake up from their winter slumber.

Holi also known as festival of colors has a traditional significance of social harmony between the various classes of society. It is the day when all classes of people are free to draw all parts of society into a celebration including passers by. The celebrations of holi festival in india are usually carried out on people of different class on each other, thus representing a time for breaking down barriers.