Holi

Published on 1st March, 2018, on www.dailyo.in Holi is indeed celebrated mostly in north India, not south India. No one knows the reason why. Of course, now with north Indians migrating to south India for work, and due to popularity of Bollywood, many regional festivals are becoming national. Holi is even celebrated in the Caribbean islands by Hindu descendants of indentured labour. It is even celebrated by the diaspora and led to the very popular secular "colour party" in many American universities. Celebrated on the full moon day of spring, in the month of Phalgun (February-March), like most Hindu festivals, Holi has many layers. There ..