Holi Hare

So, every March the local Indian Hindu temple, and probably all hindu temples around the world, do this thing they call the festival of colors. It is from an ancient tradition in which this demon (I can't remember her name... ) was immune to fire. So she would take babies into the fire and burn them. Well, one day, she was supposed to take a five year old boy into the fire (not exactly sure who the boy was... I was only half listening when they explained it because it was super loud), anyways, she was supposed to take this little boy in. While she went into the fire she was chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Hare Hare, Krishna Krishna, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (which is the chant they use now in their worshiping). Well instead of the fire killing the babies as it usually did, the fire killed the demon and so now they chant this while burning the demon at the festival. Hare Krishna is also their God, of some sort, they have a lot of Gods, sorry I'm not getting this exactly right. Anyways, the colors, and the festival represent the coming of Spring, and the Hindu's believe the God loves colors, this is why they use the peacock as their symbol in many traditional ceremonies, they believe it is God's favorite bird because of the exquisite colors. It is evident also in the ceremonial robes and everyday clothing they wear. They are always dressed in many colors. So, the whole point of that explanation is that every March they hold this ceremony and invite the surrounding communities. A HUGE number of BYU students go because it is interesting to learn about other cultures, and quite frankly, kind of fun to throw chalk at each other and to see the ceremony take place. I've placed pictures here, and on my scrapbook site, because it is really pretty cool to see. Obviously I don't know everything about the Hindu culture, so if you want to know for sure, you'd have to check it out and I apologize for getting anything wrong. http://heidisscrapbook.shutterfly.com/ <---- Link to more awesome pictures.
P.S. The name of my blog does make sense, because it is called the Holi Temple, and the Holi Festival of colors.