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The Indian Festival of Color

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By Phineas Upham

India is a spectacular place to visit. This incredible country offers delicious food, reasonable travel expenses, and amazing shopping. In addition, India offers plenty of exciting festivals to take part in. A great one is Holi. Holi is a Hindu festival of colors which takes place in the spring. According to the Hindu calendar, it takes place during the full moon.

Long before trendy Western events like the Color Run popped up all over the United States, Holi has been taking place for ages. There are different parts of the event, but the main activity is the throwing of colored powders. Holi is like the equivalent of the water fights that you used to have as a kid, except with color and thousands of people!

The festival is fun for locals and tourists alike. Just be warned that you shouldn’t wear an outfit that you’re scared of ruining!

Holi is about a lot more than just having a giant color fight. First, Holi kicks off the start of the new season in spring and says goodbye to winter. In the old days it was a festival that celebrated a good harvest. The colored powders are meant to honor the colors of spring. Holi also serves a religious purpose for the Hindu religion. It is an event that’s meant to honor the life of the Hindu god, Vishnu.

Holi brings people from all different walks of life together. The weeks of the festivals in India are some of the only times when people forget about the caste system and gender roles. The event brings friends and family members together and helps people unite despite their differences. Everywhere you walk, you see people wishing each other a “Happy Holi!” and giving each other hugs. It is also not uncommon to see friends exchanging gifts during Holi.

Holi allows tourists the opportunity to truly experience Indian culture at its finest. Just don’t forget to do your laundry before heading home.


Phineas Upham About the Author: Phineas Upham is an investor at a family office/ hedgefund, where he focuses on special situation illiquid investing. Before this position, Phin Upham was working at Morgan Stanley in the Media & Technology group. You may contact Phin on his Phineas Upham website or Twitter page.