Happy Holi !

I'm a little behind, but here's a look at our Holi celebration on March 1st. Holi is the "Festival of Colors" that finds its origin in one of the famous Hindu myths about Ram and Sita. However, from my experience it seems that today the average Indian in the street doesn't know as much about why Holi is celebrated but just that it's "what you do" and it's a whole lot of fun. People run around the streets dousing each other with brightly colored powder and yelling "Happy Holi!" We couldn't join the party in the streets with all the children so we had our own celebration at home, complete with colored powder, water guns, masks, and the inevitable tears as the kids got the powder in their eyes. Overall, it was a huge success. It was great to have all the adults and kids running around, playing together, and making a big colorful mess.