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Holi: The Festival of Colours
URL: http://www.indiaexpress.com/rangoli/holi.html

Description:
Information about this Indian festival "celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March every year." This holiday, "a symbolic commemoration of a legend from Hindu Mythology" and "associated with the immortal love of Krishna and Radha," is celebrated with bonfires and splashing others with colored powder and water. Generates some pop-ups. From IndiaExpress.com.

Publisher:
IndiaExpress.com

Extra Keywords
colors

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Hinduism
Hol-i (Hindu festival)
Holidays

LII Database Information:
Record 11026 created by Maria Brandt on 03/21/2005
Last modification on 08/31/2005
Published: 03/21/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11026