It’s called the “Festival of Love.”
Houston’s annual Holi Festival celebrates the start of springtime in Texas, and it’s one of the biggest festivals in the U.S. Holi Festival-goers danced, chanted, clapped and cheered to ring in springtime in Texas.
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The Hindu festival of Holi began on Saturday at 12 p.m. at Crown Festival Park in Sugar Land. Dozens of Houston-area families came out to celebrate the day by throwing brightly colored pigments on every person in sight, “welcoming the brightness and happiness of Spring.”
Houston’s Holi Festival featured a live Bollywood Concert, all day “color” play and Bollywood and Indian folk dance performances.
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The origin of the Holi festival actually stems from ancient theme of the triumph of good, “Visnhu” over evil, “Holika.”
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