Holistic holy fun at the Holi?

Freud's suggestion that human beings are irrational creatures was proven true by the turn of events this weekend. The ushering of spring, which was initially celebrated with pomp and splendour by pagan farmers was given a religious perspective by including some event in the scripture. Whereas, some quarters sneer at their behavior for they were referred to as 'April Fools' as they were thought to be oblivious of the creation of the Gregorian calendar and were unaware of fast forwarding of days!

Evidence of irrationality came to fore during the recent colorful event of Holi. People who were particular fussy about getting any part of their body wet or soiled, decided to forgo their stance. If normally they would run away from the rain, this time around they decided to hire a container load of water to splash water on them. If appearing neat, fair and presentable was their forte, this time too, they dirtied themselves with stashes of brightly hued colors so much so that they were indistinguishable from one another, colour wise. With an array of mixed colours and water, they all looked in various shades of rust.

People who were remotely pious also joined in the festivities. A convoy of tourists were seen beelining in a single file in a near 2km walk from the nearest train station dressed in their typical touristy attire - thin Tshirt, short shorts, Japanese slippers and sling bag, to join in the foray. Looks like the temple celebrations must have made it to list of tourist destinations.

After a good 3 hours if immersing themselves in spray of water partially aided by nature's outpouring, colouring themselves pretty dirty, swinging to sounds of Hindi film songs set in Holi festivals and even modern songs to keep with the times (Harlem Shake), everybody went home happy after some free vegetarian snacks, courtesy of some kind soul. The only thing missing in the festival was bhang (hashish laced milk). But who knows what they had before to last 3 hours of non stop dancing!

Pix courtesy of N Lal
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