On Wednesday all around Nepal we were celebrating the festival of colour and water!! It was an action packed day with us all wearing old clothes and preparing our bags of colour powder and water balloons! We were invited to play at Snowlands School - a school I had worked with when I was with Projects Abroad. So Nicola, Lok and myself played from 8am - 5pm. We were very colourful by the end of the day and completely wet. Thank goodness we were able to to have a hot shower at home!
The children were so funny all day trying to hit us with water balloons and they really do hurt!! Lok especially was drenched by the kids! It was such a great day though - my best Holi!
Traditionally, Holi is a Hindu festival which commemorates the victory of good over evil, brought about by the burning and destruction of the demoness named Holika. This was enabled through unwavering devotion to the Hindu god of preservation, Lord Vishnu.
Holi got its name as the "Festival of Colours" from Lord Krishna, a re-incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who liked to play pranks on the village girls by drenching them in water and colours.
Happy Holi to everyone around the world!
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