06/03/2018
Holi Celebration
Holi signifies the victory of good over evil and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in the month of Phalguna. Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, was killed in the fire. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi – a free-for-all festival of colours, where people smear each other with colours and drench each other. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children and elders. People visit family, friends and foes to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks.
Kids Shell’s Holi celebration is full of masti. We decorated the school with colourful balloons, water guns, many decorative cutouts and rangoli. Kids came in colourful clothes, along with delicious food and sweets. Teachers at Kids Shell narrated the Holi story and told kids how to play safe Holi. Teachers also came dressed as Radha-Krishan and played Holi with flower petals. They made colourful tattoos on kids’ hands and cheeks and did the scrap book activity, our beautiful kids also captured in the camera and play lots of games. Principal Ma’am gifted the kids water guns sweets and explained them how to play safe Holi.