Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Holi, the colourful festival


The Fagu festival or Holi is being celebrated in mainly hilly areas of the country with people smearing red vermilion powder and throwing color and water-filled balloons at each other Tuesday. The biggest festival of colours in Nepal and other parts of South Asia, Holi begins on the eighth day of the new moon in the month of Falgun and ends with the burning of the 'Chir', which is installed earlier, on the full moon day. People in Nepal, India and around the world smear colors at each others face and exchange greetings during Holi celebrations.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009