these photos are from the "Holi Festival of Colours." it's a Hindu celebration to welcome spring and the triumph of good over evil. what i love (aside from the obvious thrill of slopping pigment all over everyone, their mom and oneself) is the look of absolute joy on everyone's face. i am choosing to ignore the other obvious fact that powdered and liquid pigments whether synthetic or natural can be inherently dangerous in a plethora of ways...on a side note, i am plotting something exciting...
This is the first time I'm hearing about that festival. The photos are beautiful! How great that which ever part of the world you're in: spring = color!
I think another reason that they look so happy is that it is traditional to eat small balls of hash when celebrating holi and throwing the paint around.
just finished an aimee bender book. "an invisible sign of her own." i'm not really a huge fan of her writing. i haven't quite been able to put my finger on it yet although i think that it might be that it is a little too laced with melancholia and lacking a certain lushness in the writing style. there were some very nice details and moments, but overall, meh... on the other hand "the historian" by someone whose name eludes me right now and i'm too lazy to get the book from the bedroom, is rich and fluid and magical...and i've only just started it.
to curl up with...
"The Sweet Life in Paris" David Lebovitz
"The Help" Kathryn Stockett
"Q and A: A Novel" Vikas Swarup
"American Gods" Neil Gaiman
"His Dark Materials" Phillip Pullman(i actually prefer the last two books in the trilogy)
"Loving Frank" Nancy Horan
"Coraline" Neil Gaiman
" My Life in France" Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme
"Tender at the Bone" Ruth Reichl
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" Mary Ann Shaffer
"Pride and Prejudice" Jane Austin
"Cold Comfort Farm" Stella Gibbons
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K. Dick
4 comments:
wonderful photos couldn't agree more with your comment also.
This is the first time I'm hearing about that festival. The photos are beautiful! How great that which ever part of the world you're in:
spring = color!
Facinating world & Intense coloursss! ~Happy Spring 2U*
I think another reason that they look so happy is that it is traditional to eat small balls of hash when celebrating holi and throwing the paint around.
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