Holi is an Indian spring festival on full moon day of the month Phalguna (February / March). This "festival of colors" will take at least two, in some parts of India and up to ten days. Holi is celebrated in North India is mainly a festival that is in other parts of the country known under different names. We are talking about it as Phagwah or, as in Bengal, as Dol Yatra. In the south, known Kamadahana.
Holi, which is one of the oldest festivals will ever be is the most colorful of all. Five days after the full moon is Rangapancami (Ranga = color; Pancami = the 5th lunar day), the second day of the festival. On this day seem all barriers by caste, gender, age and social status revoked. It will celebrate and be sprinkled and sprinkled each other with colored water and colored powder, the gulal. Those who reject the arrogance, smeared each other at least decently with some powder paint. Despite all the changes in modern Indian society, the religious significance is still clearly recognizable, such as the colors are still mostly previously consecrated on the altar and the people to bring about blessings. Originally, the color powder derived from certain flowers, roots and herbs, healing act. Now often synthetic colors are used, some of which may even be harmful.
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