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Ho Li / Ʊ Sanskrit Hindu Spring India Nepal: Holi (

Holi is a Hindu spring festival celebrated in India and Nepal over two days. The first day is known as Holika Dahan and involves lighting bonfires to symbolize the victory of good over evil. The second day is called Rangwali Holi and is known as the "festival of colors", where people throw colored powders and water on each other in celebration of love, new beginnings, and a good harvest from the winter. Holi takes place in February or March according to the Hindu calendar.

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Ho Li / Ʊ Sanskrit Hindu Spring India Nepal: Holi (

Holi is a Hindu spring festival celebrated in India and Nepal over two days. The first day is known as Holika Dahan and involves lighting bonfires to symbolize the victory of good over evil. The second day is called Rangwali Holi and is known as the "festival of colors", where people throw colored powders and water on each other in celebration of love, new beginnings, and a good harvest from the winter. Holi takes place in February or March according to the Hindu calendar.

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Holi (pronunciation: /holi/; Sanskrit: Hol) is a Hindu spring festival in India and Nepal, also

known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love".[7][1][8] The festival signifies the victory of good
over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and
laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships, and is also celebrated as a thanksgiving
for a good harvest.[9][10] It lasts for two days starting on the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in
the Bikram Sambat Hindu Calendar [11] month of Falgun, which falls somewhere between the end of
February and the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first day is known as Holika
Dahan ( ) or Chhoti Holi and the second as Rangwali
Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi or Dhulivandan.[12]

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