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Good Holi contest!
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Edited by baymax2000 at 2016-03-24 15:36
Hello I think no one knows why holi is celebrated (excluding indians) There was once a demon king named Hiranyakashyap who won over the kingdom of earth. He was so egoistic that he commanded everybody in his kingdom to worship only him. But to his great disappointment, his son, Prahlad became an ardent devotee of Lord Naarayana and refused to worship his father. Hiranyakashyap tried several ways to kill his son Prahlad but Lord Vishnu saved him every time. Finally, he asked his sister, Holika to enter a blazing fire with Prahlad in her lap. For, Hiranyakashyap knew that Holika had a boon, whereby, she could enter the fire unscathed. Treacherously, Holika coaxed young Prahlad to sit in her lap and she herself took her seat in a blazing fire. The legend has it that Holika had to pay the price of her sinister desire by her life. Holika was not aware that the boon worked only when she entered the fire alone. Prahlad, who kept chanting the name of Lord Naarayana all this while, came out unharmed, as the lord blessed him for his extreme devotion. Thus, Holi derives its name from Holika. And, is celebrated as a festival of victory of good over evil. Holi is also celebrated as the triumph of a devotee. As the legend depicts that anybody, howsoever strong, cannot harm a true devotee. And, those who dare torture a true devotee of god shall be reduced to ashes. Celebration of the Legend Even today, people enact the scene of 'Holika's burning to ashes' every year to mark the victory of good over evil. In several states of India, specially in the north, effigies of Holika are burnt in the huge bonfires that are lit. There is even a practice of hurling cow dungs into the fire and shouting obscenities at it as if at Holika. Then everywhere one hears shouts of 'Holi-hai! Holi-hai!'. The tradition of burning 'Holika' is religiously followed in Gujarat and Orissa also. Here, people render their gratitude to Agni, the god of fire by offering gram and stalks from the harvest with all humility. Further, on the last day of Holi, people take a little fire from the bonfire to their homes. It is believed that by following this custom their homes will be rendered pure and their bodies will be free from disease. At several places there is also a tradition of cleaning homes, removing all dirty articles from around the house and burning them. Disease-breeding bacteria are thereby destroyed and the sanitary condition of the locality is improved. That was the story And now The thing we do at holi I love this festival but people's use to waste too much water But still i participate in it The polo was white before going out See it now:-p One more thing captured by some other device Not meizu mx5 sorry for that but cant take a risk With it As some one may throw a water balloon or water Cant risk meizu*
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Edited by Priyanuj at 2016-03-24 20:59
First of all Happy Holi to all the Meizu fans here... Here is my entry for this competition.. If you love it, just give a thumbs up! Thanks. By the I am right on the left  
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Here is my selfie
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Holi Hai.....................
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Very good
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Nice picture
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Edited by Ramtin at 2016-03-25 05:08
Holi festival looks great and now a days many countries trying to celebrate it somehow. I saw it in the US too. It's now more of an international festival than a Indian one. Sad here in Iran because of our government we cannot even think about it :)) I remember in one of the parks in Tehran people tried to celebrate summer with shoothing water trough water gun to each others and all of them end up with going to the jail! | |
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Where is the voting thread for this Contest?
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