Kyle Green

Essays: Praise :

“Happy Holi...Happy Holi”, rang out the cheer on the grounds of Virginia Tech during the Hindu celebration of good versus evil called “Holi”. The yearly ritual based on the Hindu calendar celebrates ‘Parva’, when children, youth, men and women visit each other’s homes and colored powders called ‘aabir’ and ‘gulal’ are thrown into the air and smeared on each other’s faces and bodies...irrespective of caste, color, race, sex, or social status; all these petty differences are temporarily relegated to the background and people give into an unalloyed colorful rebellion.
“Happy Holi...Happy Holi”, rang out the cheer on the grounds of Virginia Tech during the Hindu celebration of good versus evil called “Holi”. The yearly ritual based on the Hindu calendar celebrates ‘Parva’, when children, youth, men and women visit each other’s homes and colored powders called ‘aabir’ and ‘gulal’ are thrown into the air and smeared on each other’s faces and bodies...irrespective of caste, color, race, sex, or social status; all these petty differences are temporarily relegated to the background and people give into an unalloyed colorful rebellion.