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| Culture Course |
HOLI |
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chunk of a tree is planted before the house. Grass and fuel are heaped round and upon it.
At night fall, the head of the family sets fire to it. When it goes up in flames, people
make a strange noise with their tongues and offer worship. In Bengal, they place the child-god Krishna in a cradle in front of the bonfire and wor- ship him. Here is another story about Holi. Once God Siva was doing tapas. Kama or the Love-god annoyed him. Becoming angry, God Siva burnt him to ashes with a single look of his eyes. They say the Holi bonfire is the burning ofKama. In Delhi and other places people enact the story of Rama on a stage. |
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