Holi (
pronunciation: ;
Sanskrit:
होली Holī) is a
Hindu spring festival in
India and
Nepal, also known as the
festival of colours or the
festival of sharing love.
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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 (
हॊलिका दहन) or
Chhoti Holi and the second as
Rangwali Holi,
Dhuleti,
Dhulandi or
Dhulivandan.
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