Holi 2024: That means Holi will be celebrated across the country on 25th March. Everyone will be seen painted in the colors of Holi. Holi is the only such festival. In which people of all religions play together. Holi is being celebrated in India for centuries. Its preparations start with Holika Dahan. Holi is celebrated in different ways at different places in India. Not just with gulal and colours. Rather, people adopt other methods on the day of Holi. At some places the newly arrived son-in-law is made to sit on a donkey. So something is done somewhere else. Let us know where and how Holi is celebrated.
The son-in-law is taken for a ride on a donkey
The style of celebrating Holi is different in different regions of India. If you know the customs of celebrating Holi in some places, you will be surprised. In a district of Maharashtra, one’s son-in-law is made to sit on a donkey for the Holi game. It sounds a bit strange but it is true. Holi is played in this way in Beed district of Maharashtra. This custom is quite old. When a marriage takes place in anyone’s house here, he takes his new son-in-law on a donkey and takes him around the entire village.
Lathmar Holi of Braj
If Holi is most famous anywhere in India, then it is that of Braj i.e. Mathura-Vrindavan. People come from all over India to see Holi here. And not only India but people from abroad also come to enjoy this Holi. Lathmar Holi is celebrated in Braj. Here, Holi is celebrated with great enthusiasm in the Banke Bihari Temple of Vrindavan. In Lathmaar Holi, women beat men with sticks and rods. And along with that she also applies colors to them.
laddu maar and chhadimar holi
The way Lathmar Holi is played in Mathura Vrindavan. Similarly, in Barsana, located a short distance from Mathura, women beat men with sticks in a similar manner. But here there are rules and men are given a shield in their hands. So that he can protect himself from the attacks of women. Along with this, a few days before Holi, Laddu Maar Holi is also celebrated in Barsana. After offering laddus in the temple, the priest throws laddus at the devotees. And after this Abir plays Holi with Gulal.
Holi of mud is played in many places
In India, where people celebrate Holi with colors and Gulal in different ways at many places. In some parts of India, the way of playing Holi is completely different. People play Holi with mud. They pick each other up and throw them in the mud. They even tear other people’s clothes.
