Yellow is one of the most popular colors thrown during Holi. Called gulal, the fine powder is made from a mixture of starch and dyes. One factory in India, Radha Kishan Color World, produces 2,000 ...

From this story comes the practice of throwing different coloured powders on the day of the Holi festival. The practice is not just for fun - the coloured powder and water that is thrown has a ...

Holi is a two-day festival, it is on the second day that people gather to throw brightly coloured powder on each other. The coloured powder is called gulal. It is believed that this tradition came ...

When you think of the Hindu holiday Holi, you may imagine people celebrating by throwing colorful powder on each other in the streets. It’s true that playfully dousing people in vibrantly colored ...

Yellow is one of the most popular colors thrown during Holi. Called gulal, the fine powder is made from a mixture of starch and dyes. One factory in India, Radha Kishan Color World, produces 2,000 ...

But it still doesn’t explain the why people willingly get coated from head to toe in colourful powder on the second day of Holi. For that, we need to turn to another legend. The Hindu god ...

Holi is celebrated in the Indian month of Phalgun (March). Originally an agricultural festival, it ushers in the arrival of spring, the season of hope and joy. People imitate the colors of spring by ...