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...with Islamic elaboration in Iran and all the "stan" countries, as well as by Zoroastrians and Baha'is. Eid Milad an Nabi, the Birth of the Prophet, which is celebrated by some but not all Sunni Muslims and, though officially beginning on Thursday, is often marked on Friday. Small Holi, Hindu, an Indian festival of bonfires, to be followed on Saturday by Holi, a kind of Mardi Gras. Magha Puja, a celebration of the Buddha's first group of followers, marked primarily in Thailand...
...Narouz and the Eid would occur in the same week. The answer is nine times in 800 years. Then they tackled the odds that they would converge on a two-day period. And the total is ... only once: tomorrow. And that's not even counting Magha Puja and Small Holi...
...editors: On Monday, March 12th,The Crimson published a photo (news) of the Holi celebration organized by Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu Students Association. We greatly appreciate the coverage, as The Crimson is a wonderful avenue to convey information about Hinduism to the student body. However, we have some reservations about the title given above the photo. As the title “Just like Krishna” would suggest, the significance of throwing colors on Holi is often associated with Sri Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu. In Hindu mythology, Krishna’s followers anointed themselves with bright...
...flurry of bright-colored powder capped off the annual Hindu Holi festival this past Saturday afternoon, in what was the College’s first official celebration of the holiday. Members of Harvard’s Hindu Students Association, Dharma, served samosas, wafers, and biscuits to a crowd of about 40 at Kirkland House last weekend in observance of Holi. “It’s our first year, so it’s experimental, but I’m very pleased with the great turnout,” said Utpal N. Sandesara ’08, Dharma?...
...INDIA Holi [March 18] This most boisterous of Hindu festivals signals the end of winter and the start of spring. All over India, people celebrate by dancing, showering one another with paint and getting high on bhang?sweet buttermilk laced with cannabis. For information on the best places to enjoy the festival, phone India's tourism office in New Delhi at (91-11) 2371 8379 International Yoga Festival [March 1-6] The event, organized by the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India's "city of the divine," hosts yoga masters from all over the world who will demonstrate various yogic...