| Holi Festival celebration brings music and color to campus community |
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| Written by Shambhu Sharan, Contributor to The Shorthorn | ||||
| Thursday, 05 March 2009 08:54 PM | ||||
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Participants will throw colored powder on each other’s face or clothes as part of a festival intended to bring unity through food, music and color. The festival is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on the west lawn behind Maverick Activities Center. Indian Student Association, Fine Arts Society of India and International Student Organization are sponsoring the event. Holi, is a Hindu festival of colors celebrated throughout India, Nepal and among Indian communities all over the world in the spring. “It signifies good over evil,” Amit Jain, Fine Arts Society of India vice president, said. Non-Indian students can attend the festival to learn about India and its culture, he said. “The motive is to bring people together, have fun, mingle with one another and enjoy being there,” Jain said. Playing with different colors brings unity in diversity, electrical engineering graduate student Gaurov Narayanaswamy said. People buy and wear new clothes and share food with families and friends on that day in India, he said. Last year, about 60 people attended the color festival on campus. ISO Vice President Gayatri Desai said she expects about 200 people. Organizers will sell color packs and Indian snacks and sweets for $5 and Bollywood Indian music will be played for entertainment. Views: 708 | E-mail
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