Holi (yet another festival)

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Over the weekend, India celebrated Holi: a two-day festival ushering in spring and celebrating the triumph of good over evil. Holi is more commonly known as the festival of color. It started Saturday evening with a bon fire, burning of puja, and a few other rituals (we did not quite catch all of them). The real fun begins on day two, when Holi is celebrated by throwing brightly colored powder and water on one another. We had so much fun playing Holi with our neighbors. The best part was meeting a lot of our neighbors for the first time. By "meeting" we mean dousing them with water and smearing colored chalk all over their faces. We can't wait for next year.