India is celebrating Holi, the festival of colors. What it seems to my untrained eye is a city wide water fight, only that the water has chemical additives which make it extremely bright. The celebration started the night before with bonfires on every street corner. People burned cow dung decorated with flowers and white sand drawings while chanting and throwing offerings into the flames. People could not explain the exact meaning of the symbolism. The next morning everyone was out on the streets again armed with water bottles, squirt guns, and entire buckets of color. Some people seemed more into this phase of the festivity (children and men) than others (older people and people wearing nice clothes). Unfortunately my hosts made me watch the revilry from the safety of our balcony because the were afraid my clothes would be destroyed with colors. I wanted to take photos of this exciting festival, but I was afraid it was too dangerous for Janet's camera!
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