the festival after which the term "holiday" was coined!
Okay, I'm kidding... ;-0
A little bit of background:
Holi is the spring festival in large parts of India,
a time for people to:
- Play with colours,
colouring friends & relatives with dry colurs initially, & gruesome wet colours later..
(so that for one day, all Holi palying Indians, have an uniform skin shade..
"Dark Purple..turned green & red!!!" I think this is where the united colours idea originated!) - eat sweets, (unlimited is the key word here.)
- drink Thandaii (which comes in alcoholic & non-alcoholic flavours),
- & generally make a merry riot!
So little children like little A,
little ones below 6 yrs old,
get really frightened seeing normally sedate adults going all rowdy..
At least my brave little A,
cried every time someone put colour on me...
Oh! Mamma...
& I thought about it:
Indian festivals: Holi & Diwali as currently celebrated are not children friendly!
They are completely meant for adults,
& adults with gumption at that..
Adults who are letting their hair down...
Enjoying, & not being paragon of virtues for a change....
& the reason being,
every other day of the average Indian way of life is completely child centred!
Do we feel guilty to go dancing without our kids?
Yes!
Do we feel guilty to enjoy a movie without our kids?
Yes!!
But do we feel guilty to play with colours or burst crackers to an inch of our lives with our little kids?
No way!!!
East is east is east is east...... :-)
Hi! I just wanted to say thanks for commenting on my blogs. I notice you visit them every now and then so I figure you must be reading something you like, otherwise you wouldn't come back.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind, but I've read through a few of your posts as well. Do you mind if I comment now and then?
Tami
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ReplyDeleteHi Tami!
ReplyDeleteHa! My first comment & you're asking if I mind? No ofcourse not!
& about your blog..
Well I read them as they give me a peek into the real life led by a real family, not a movie family on screen..
Besides they also give me inspiration to pick what's good about your way of life!
Do keep visiting & commenting,
writing & inspiring! :-)