Hola is known as the festival of colors. It is one of the most important festivals in India. Hola is celebrated each year with zeal and enthusiasm in the month of March by followers of the Hindu religion. Those celebrate this festival, wait for it every year eagerly to play with colors and have delectable dishes.
Hola is about celebrating happiness with friends and family. People forget their troubles and indulge in this festival to celebrate brotherhood. In other words, we forget our enmities and get into the festival spirit. Hola is called the festival of colors because people play with colors and apply them to each other’s faces to get colored in the essence of the festival.
The Hindu religion believes there was a devil king named Hiranyakashyap long ago. He had a son named Prasad and a sister called Holier. It is believed that the devil king had blessings of Lord Brahma. This blessing meant no man, animal or weapon could kill him. This blessing turned into a curse for him as he became very arrogant. He ordered his kingdom to worship him instead of God, not sparing his own son.
Following this, all the people began worshiping him except for his son, Prasad. Prasad refused to worship his father instead of God, as he was a true believer of Lord Vishnu. Upon seeing his disobedience, the devil king planned with his sister to kill Prasad. He made her sit in the fire with his son on the lap, Hola got burned and Prasad came out safe. This indicated he was protected by his Lord because of his devotion. Thus, people started celebrating Hola as the victory of good over evil.
People celebrate Hola with utmost fervor and enthusiasm, especially in North India. One day before Holi, people conduct a ritual called ‘Holika Dahan’. In this ritual, people pile heaps of wood in public areas to burn. It symbolizes the burning of evil powers revising the story of Holika and King Hiranyakashyap. Furthermore, they gather around the Holika to seek blessings and offer their devotion to God.
The next day is probably the most colourful day in India. People get up in the morning and offer pooja to God. Then, they dress up in white clothes and play with colours. They splash water on one another. Children run around splashing water colours using water guns. Similarly, even the adults become children on this day. They rub colour on each other’s faces and immerse themselves in water.
In the evening, they bathe and dress up nicely to visit their friends and family. They dance throughout the day and drink a special drink called the ‘bhaang’. People of all ages relish holi’s special delicacy ‘gujiya’ ardently.
In short, Holi spreads love and brotherhood. It brings harmony and happiness in the country. Holi symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. This colourful festival unites people and removes all sorts of negativity from life.
Holi is one of the most important and lively festivals celebrated primarily on the Indian subcontinent. But with globalization, people around the world celebrate Holi. It has seasonal as well as mythological importance. Ironically, Holi is the symbol of good over evil, but it is still considered somewhat dangerous. The reason is the modernization of the rituals. As people have started using chemical colors instead of natural colors, which harms humans as well as animals. Kids use water guns and balloons, so it is important that we keep a tab on them. So to keep the real spirit of Holi alive, we need to teach our kids about how to enjoy gulaal and pichkari (water gun) safely and not use any of these on animals around us.
So we have brought few sentences on the Holi Festival for kids and students of classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 in English which will help them to write an essay on Holi.
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