{"id":297,"date":"2007-03-03T17:01:43","date_gmt":"2007-03-03T17:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/?p=297"},"modified":"2016-09-16T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T21:29:11","slug":"playing-holi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/2007\/03\/playing-holi\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Holi"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/holi.jpg\" width=\"151\" height=\"175\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/holi1.jpg\" width=\"151\" height=\"212\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/thumb_hindu-holi-color.jpg\" width=\"152\" height=\"114\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A few years ago my daughter spent some time in India and Nepal. She was there during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indialife.com\/Festivals\/holi.htm\">Holi &#8211; the Hindu Festival of Colors.<\/a>\u00a0She knew I would love to hear about a celebration that involves throwing and squirting colors at complete strangers so she called home, a rare event, to tell me all about it.<\/p>\n<p>What fun! Color everywhere you look! I asked my neighbor from India why they don&#8217;t celebrate it here in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Her answer was brief. &#8220;Too cold,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two of my favorite photos that Monica took that day in Katmandu.<\/p>\n<p>The most colorful site I found on Holi is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecolorsofindia.com\/index.html\">Colors of India<\/a>. Check out the food recipes. Yum. It also includes these recipes for making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanindia.org\/btonature\/holi.htm\">natural versions<\/a> of the colors. The suggestions are poetic.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow &#8211; Tumeric, Orange &#8211; Saffron, Red &#8211; Hibiscus flowers, Magenta &#8211; Beet roots, Blue &#8211; Jacaranda flowers, Green &#8211; Henna.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, a friend invited me over today to henna our hair. She didn&#8217;t know about Holi. Imagine my surprise when I read this tonight. . .<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Use mehendi\/henna powder, separately or mix with equal quantity of any suitable flour to attain a lovely green shade. Use only pure mehendi and not the one mixed with amla (meant to be applied to our hair) as this would be brown in colour. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/holi11.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"158\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>Dry mehendi will not leave colour on your face as it can be easily brushed off. Only when it is a paste (i.e. it is mixed in water) will it leave a slight colour on your face. Thus, it can be used as a pucca \/ fast colour. Many people like smearing other person&#8217;s hair with colours. How about doing it with mehendi powder and saving a trip to the parlour?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Joan Bastantejg for reminding me that today was Holi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago my daughter spent some time in India and Nepal. She was there during Holi &#8211; the Hindu Festival of Colors.\u00a0She knew I would love to hear about a celebration that involves throwing and squirting colors at complete strangers so she called home, a rare event, to tell me all about it. 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