The Holi festival is also known as the festival of colors and love and is being celebrated in India every year as a religious tradition. The festival is celebrated the day after the full moon in March each year and symbolizes the victory of good over evil. In addition, the festival is considered a completion of winter and spring is being welcomed with bright colors.
In Germany, the festival is also celebrated every year in several cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, München and a lot more because it’s extraordinarity excites even the non-Hindi people.
In India the Holi celebrations start the evening before the actual festival with the so-called Holika Dahan campfire. The next morning people join the carnival of colors, where masses of people throw colored powders and colored water on to each other, as well as paint-filled balloons. Of course on such an occasion music and fantastic food can not be missed, which makes it definitely an event that you should give a try on a visit to India.
