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Happy Holi screams the host on the main stage of the Acclimatization Garden in Paris. And with that, a cloud of color fills the air as party goers throw a shiny powder in all directions to mark the Indian Holi festival.
Every year, Indians around the world mark this joyful occasion of color. And a lot of that.
It takes place more or less at the same time each year, just before the first day of spring. But this year, this day fell on March 21st, which did not suit the organizers. So they pushed it back to March 31st.
"The Holi festival is a festival of colors," says Vivkl Tayal, vice president of GOPIO (World Organization of People of Indian Origin), Paris France, one of the organizers of the event's this year.
According to one participant, it is a celebration of the victory of good over evil.
The festival itself goes back centuries and recalled the ancient Hindu religious traditions that transcend society and caste in India.
"There are many stories in the Hindu religion. There is the history of the Holika, "explains Tayal, who is marked on the eve of Holi by a" Holika Dahan ". It's a gathering around a big bonfire where people pray for their inner hurt to be burned – in the same way that Holika, the sister of the demon king Kiranyakashipu was killed in a fire.
"We burn bad things and bad habits," says Tayal.
Why color?
The festival itself marks the end of negativity by welcoming in the new, as in the spring, and the new harvest season that will begin. The colors are probably the symbol of the new flowers and the perfume in the air.
And it is also for fun. "A day when we celebrate the same spirit," explains Tayal. "We are all happy … and we dance together."
And above all, the festival is open to all, regardless of caste (in India) or religion. "The essential is purity, solidarity and equality."
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