Hussain
03-11-2009, 03:21 PM
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well guyz
humhary forum py hr trah k log mojd hain
indian , pak , etc........
so i wish to my indian frnd here
& otherz
Happy holi day :)
NEW DELHI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- India Wednesday celebrated the Holi, the festival of colors, which is one of the most ancient and traditional festivals to welcome the advent of the Spring, as she brings colors to the land with full-blown flowers and plants.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/11/xin_4720306111552671272019.jpgIndians get gulal (coloured power) smeared onto their faces during celebrations of Holi in New Delhi on March 11, 2009. Holi, also known as festival of colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over India.
With a tradition dating back thousands of years, the carnival-like festival is celebrated with people putting colored powders on each other's face, spraying water on each other and eating sweets.
Each year, Indians mark the day after the full moon in the Hindu month of Phalguna, at the end of February or early March in the Hindu calendar, one of the most ancient in the world.
The popular tradition, which also sees people engaging each other physically to show friendship, is believed to have common ancient origins with festivals in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Besides hailing the Spring, it commemorates various events in Hindu mythology as well and is time of disregarding social norms and indulging in general merry-making.
In a residential area Princeton in the north Indian city of Gurgaon, a ladies' club organized a party and all community members came down on the community lawns, throwing colors on each other, spraying jets of water, and distributing sweets. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/11/xin_4720306111552812451520.jpgIndians get gulal (coloured power) smeared onto their faces during celebrations of Holi in New Delhi on March 11, 2009. Holi, also known as festival of colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated
Laden with colors, Gurpreet and her daughters Nikki and Dolly danced to Bollywood tunes on the dawn. The program started with dance and fun in early morning and ended with a lunch organized by the club with the money pooled in by all community members.
Usually whole families celebrate together. But men and women celebrate separately in public.
In the old Delhi commercial district, which is a famous tourist attraction with world-famous Red Fort and Jama Masjia Mosque, hundreds of people prayed at a Jain religious temple while keeping the atmosphere one of carnival.
The gods worshipped inside the temple also joined the festival with newly dedicated colorful decorations.
Youths stayed back in Delhi hostels rather than going home to celebrated Holi in a big way with friends, as the festival can have different meaning for people of different ages.
"Elders cannot be wild. We even use wet mud and petrol mixed with colors and dip each other in tubs of water. The youth can enjoy better," explained Ritesh, a Delhi University student.
An elderly Delhi woman Meghna was making ghujjias, a traditional Indian sweets. Sweet shops did brisk business the day before Holi and on the festive day.
Many shops and malls put up discounts and sales for one week to mark the auspicious day. Police all over the country are on alert this day to prevent drunk rogue elements from creating troubles. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/11/xin_47203061115529682926321.jpg (http://www.chinaview.cn/photos/index.htm)
A day before the Holi, late Tuesday night, people lit bonfires celebrating a popular Indian mythological story, Holika Dehan. The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape of a young boy Prahalad, when demoness Holika carried him into the fire.
Lord Vishnu saved Prahlad and burnt Holika. Destruction of Holika is called Holika Dehan and is celebrated by praying around bonfires. In the financial hub Mumbai, an effigy of the lone surviving terrorist of the November attacks, Mohammad Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, stood in a city neighborhood and was set ablaze on the eve of the Holi festival.
well guyz
humhary forum py hr trah k log mojd hain
indian , pak , etc........
so i wish to my indian frnd here
& otherz
Happy holi day :)
NEW DELHI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- India Wednesday celebrated the Holi, the festival of colors, which is one of the most ancient and traditional festivals to welcome the advent of the Spring, as she brings colors to the land with full-blown flowers and plants.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/11/xin_4720306111552671272019.jpgIndians get gulal (coloured power) smeared onto their faces during celebrations of Holi in New Delhi on March 11, 2009. Holi, also known as festival of colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over India.
With a tradition dating back thousands of years, the carnival-like festival is celebrated with people putting colored powders on each other's face, spraying water on each other and eating sweets.
Each year, Indians mark the day after the full moon in the Hindu month of Phalguna, at the end of February or early March in the Hindu calendar, one of the most ancient in the world.
The popular tradition, which also sees people engaging each other physically to show friendship, is believed to have common ancient origins with festivals in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Besides hailing the Spring, it commemorates various events in Hindu mythology as well and is time of disregarding social norms and indulging in general merry-making.
In a residential area Princeton in the north Indian city of Gurgaon, a ladies' club organized a party and all community members came down on the community lawns, throwing colors on each other, spraying jets of water, and distributing sweets. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/11/xin_4720306111552812451520.jpgIndians get gulal (coloured power) smeared onto their faces during celebrations of Holi in New Delhi on March 11, 2009. Holi, also known as festival of colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated
Laden with colors, Gurpreet and her daughters Nikki and Dolly danced to Bollywood tunes on the dawn. The program started with dance and fun in early morning and ended with a lunch organized by the club with the money pooled in by all community members.
Usually whole families celebrate together. But men and women celebrate separately in public.
In the old Delhi commercial district, which is a famous tourist attraction with world-famous Red Fort and Jama Masjia Mosque, hundreds of people prayed at a Jain religious temple while keeping the atmosphere one of carnival.
The gods worshipped inside the temple also joined the festival with newly dedicated colorful decorations.
Youths stayed back in Delhi hostels rather than going home to celebrated Holi in a big way with friends, as the festival can have different meaning for people of different ages.
"Elders cannot be wild. We even use wet mud and petrol mixed with colors and dip each other in tubs of water. The youth can enjoy better," explained Ritesh, a Delhi University student.
An elderly Delhi woman Meghna was making ghujjias, a traditional Indian sweets. Sweet shops did brisk business the day before Holi and on the festive day.
Many shops and malls put up discounts and sales for one week to mark the auspicious day. Police all over the country are on alert this day to prevent drunk rogue elements from creating troubles. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/11/xin_47203061115529682926321.jpg (http://www.chinaview.cn/photos/index.htm)
A day before the Holi, late Tuesday night, people lit bonfires celebrating a popular Indian mythological story, Holika Dehan. The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape of a young boy Prahalad, when demoness Holika carried him into the fire.
Lord Vishnu saved Prahlad and burnt Holika. Destruction of Holika is called Holika Dehan and is celebrated by praying around bonfires. In the financial hub Mumbai, an effigy of the lone surviving terrorist of the November attacks, Mohammad Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, stood in a city neighborhood and was set ablaze on the eve of the Holi festival.