HoLi..
Holi is coming.. So are we going to…house? That’s what my aunt said to my mom. Me as usual was there listening to their conversation and not knowing what was happening. Finally, after bugging my mom to tell me what was going on, she said that Holi was arriving and some aunty of mine was celebrating it (for the first time for me in Malaysia). It is kind of exciting coz Ive never attended Holi before. Infect besides throwing colors on each other (which I watch in Hindi movies), I don't even know why it was invented or why people even celebrated it. Finally, after little information from various sources, here I am, writing about it. (Briefly of course). Firstly, Holi means fire. Now most must be wondering how fire came in among all th
e colors. Initially Holi was celebrated as a celebration because lord Vishnu killed the king of Demons on that day and so every year ever since that day, Hindu followers burns a dummy of demon a day before Holi, which falls on the full moon in Hindu calendar. As for the colors, well.. That's another total different interesting story which till now I don't understand why they are related. Few decades after that incident (where lord Vishnu killed the demon), there was another lord, the Lord Krishna, who was in favor by every women on earth. I would say that he was the Casanova of the olden days. So anyway, he used to play pranks with the girls in his village all the time by throwing a pail of colored water towards these girls. Not a single girl would get angry at him as he was everyone's favorite. And because of that, every guy in that village joined him (to grab the girls attention of course) that it became a popular sport in that village, and finally the whole of India. Of course now days there is an additional fun to it where the ones who participates in this 'sport' is given a special drink (bhang) which consist of milk, and little bit of marijuana!!.. hmm.. I was just wondering.. Will it be the same in Malaysia? Coz as far as I know Marijuana is obviously illegal in this country. So how is it to enjoy this celebration here? I guess the host will just need to settle for alcoholic beverages instead… (Don’t know about the women, the men would definitely not mind it at all)
e colors. Initially Holi was celebrated as a celebration because lord Vishnu killed the king of Demons on that day and so every year ever since that day, Hindu followers burns a dummy of demon a day before Holi, which falls on the full moon in Hindu calendar. As for the colors, well.. That's another total different interesting story which till now I don't understand why they are related. Few decades after that incident (where lord Vishnu killed the demon), there was another lord, the Lord Krishna, who was in favor by every women on earth. I would say that he was the Casanova of the olden days. So anyway, he used to play pranks with the girls in his village all the time by throwing a pail of colored water towards these girls. Not a single girl would get angry at him as he was everyone's favorite. And because of that, every guy in that village joined him (to grab the girls attention of course) that it became a popular sport in that village, and finally the whole of India. Of course now days there is an additional fun to it where the ones who participates in this 'sport' is given a special drink (bhang) which consist of milk, and little bit of marijuana!!.. hmm.. I was just wondering.. Will it be the same in Malaysia? Coz as far as I know Marijuana is obviously illegal in this country. So how is it to enjoy this celebration here? I guess the host will just need to settle for alcoholic beverages instead… (Don’t know about the women, the men would definitely not mind it at all)
