The last weekend was the celebration of Holi.
While there is a religious meaning behind the festive celebration, it has become like every other holiday and taken on its own modern day meaning. Essentially, Holi is a day where people run around and throw colored powders and dyes on one another…and then anything else you can throw on people (eggs, mud, my friend and I rubbed our sandwiches on each other's faces..). Saturday I stayed inside for fear of the outside world…so I did homework instead. But Sunday, my house mom’s extended family and I had a full fledge color war! I must say, I think my niceness got in the way of me throwing mud on people…
Moment: so mud in Delhi? Let’s think about all the stray dogs and wandering cows in Delhi…yeah, general rule if it’s brown don’t touch it!
…Of course, the “brown rule” didn’t stop my house mom’s niece and nephew-in-law from giving me a mud facial. Unfortunately for me, my mouth was open! (If I die of Giardiasis…)
While there is a religious meaning behind the festive celebration, it has become like every other holiday and taken on its own modern day meaning. Essentially, Holi is a day where people run around and throw colored powders and dyes on one another…and then anything else you can throw on people (eggs, mud, my friend and I rubbed our sandwiches on each other's faces..). Saturday I stayed inside for fear of the outside world…so I did homework instead. But Sunday, my house mom’s extended family and I had a full fledge color war! I must say, I think my niceness got in the way of me throwing mud on people…
Moment: so mud in Delhi? Let’s think about all the stray dogs and wandering cows in Delhi…yeah, general rule if it’s brown don’t touch it!
…Of course, the “brown rule” didn’t stop my house mom’s niece and nephew-in-law from giving me a mud facial. Unfortunately for me, my mouth was open! (If I die of Giardiasis…)
