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Holi is an ancient Hindu festival that celebrates love, new beginnings, and good harvests. It signifies the victory of good over evil and falls in late February or March. People celebrate by throwing colored powders and water at each other. The colors used - red, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, orange, and turquoise - each have symbolic meanings representing love, fertility, nature, wisdom, and more. Holi traditions include lighting bonfires, wearing white, playing with colors, and strengthening relationships.

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Holi is an ancient Hindu festival that celebrates love, new beginnings, and good harvests. It signifies the victory of good over evil and falls in late February or March. People celebrate by throwing colored powders and water at each other. The colors used - red, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, orange, and turquoise - each have symbolic meanings representing love, fertility, nature, wisdom, and more. Holi traditions include lighting bonfires, wearing white, playing with colors, and strengthening relationships.

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Script for Holi festival presentation

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First slide
What is holi and why is it celebrated
Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the Festival of
Love, Festival of Colours and Festival of Spring. The festival
celebrates the eternal and divine love of Radha and Krishna. It also
signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it celebrates the victory of
Lord Vishnu and Narashimha Narayana over Hiranyakashipu. It
originated and is mostly celebrated in Nepal and India but it has also
spread out to other regions of Asia.
Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the
blossoming of love and for many, it is a festive day to meet others,
play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships.
The festival also celebrates the beginning of a good spring harvest
season. It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the
Purnima (Full Moon Day) falling in the Hindu calendar month
of Phalugu, which falls around middle of March in the Gregorian
calendar. The first evening is known as Holika Dahan (burning of
Demon Holika) or Chhoti Holi and the following day as Holi, Rangwali
Holi, Dol Purnima, Dhuleti, Dhulandi, Ukuli, Manjal Kuli,
Yaosang, Shigmo or Phagwah, Jajiri.

Slide 2
People celebrate Holi by throwing coloured powder at each other on
the streets. The dry powder colours they use for Holi are called gulal,
and colours mixed with water are called rang. In their
celebrations, they set up tables with bags of colours and water
balloons, pools filled with coloured water, and water blasters or
water guns. Traditionally everyone wears white to Holi, so the
colours stand out.

Slide 3
Who are the gods of holi???

Slide 4
What does each coloured powder represent
Red= love and fertility
Yellow= the colour of turmeric ( the most used spice in india)
Green= symbolizes a new beginning to life
Blue = represents lord Krishna
Purple= wealth and royalty
Pink= symbolizes care and compassion
Orange = the sun and a start of new day
Turqoise = represents the sea and wisdom

Slide 6
Fun facts about holi festival
1.  The name Holi comes from “Holika”, the sister of demon King
“Hiranyakashyap”
2. Other legend behind the origin of Holi is that Lord Krishna as a
baby was poisoned by the breast milk of Putana and thus he
developed the characteristic blue color of his skin. Krishna was
not sure if fair skinned Radha and other girls would like him.
Thus he approached Radha and colored her face in some
colours. Radha accepted Krishna despite the blue color of his
skin and since that day the festival of Holi is celebrated
3. Holi is also celebrated in Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and
Tobago, Pakistan, and the Philippines.
4. Legend has that the evil king – Hiranyakashyap – forbade his
son Prahlad from worshiping one of the Hindu gods – Lord
Vishnu. However, Prahlad worshiped Vishnu despite his father’s
denial.Thus the demon king ordered Prahlad to sit on pyre (a
structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a
funeral rite or execution) along with Holika (who was immune
to fire) the sister of the demon king. When the fire
started, Holika was burnt to death in spite of her immunity to
fire, and miraculously Prahlad was saved because Prahlad
asked the help of Lord Vishnu during the event.The burning of
Holika is celebrated as Holi. However there are other
arguments as well, that support the celebration of Holi and its
origin. The story is also narrated in various ways but the
conclusion remains the same – “victory of good over

I will be ending this presentation with a quote from someone famous


“When ever you splash Holi colours on someone, you give them a
promise of being truthfull towards them always, maintaining a long
happy brotherhood and showering with them with all possible.
Love .”

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