The Big Picture: Holi
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Holi - The Festival of Colors on the Big Picture. More about Holi. What else can you do on Holi? [pre vious ly]
I hope they don't get psychedelic lung disease.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:18 PM on March 13, 2009
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:18 PM on March 13, 2009
The paints are often dangerous.
Yeah, Indian holidays tend to be that way. Diwali = drunk Indians + cattle + homemade firecrackers.
posted by gman at 5:39 PM on March 13, 2009
Yeah, Indian holidays tend to be that way. Diwali = drunk Indians + cattle + homemade firecrackers.
posted by gman at 5:39 PM on March 13, 2009
I have yet to experience paintball. This sounds like an excellent introduction.
happy 100th post!
posted by The Whelk at 5:54 PM on March 13, 2009
happy 100th post!
posted by The Whelk at 5:54 PM on March 13, 2009
> The Whelk: "I have yet to experience paintball. This sounds like an excellent introduction.
happy 100th post!
I think paintball must have been driving my subconscious today. [My son can't find a tiny piece in his gun [if it existed to begin with], so it's been a hot topic in the house today.
And I totally forgot this was post #100. Doubly subconsciously celebratory FPP, then! (thx!)
posted by not_on_display at 6:05 PM on March 13, 2009
happy 100th post!
I think paintball must have been driving my subconscious today. [My son can't find a tiny piece in his gun [if it existed to begin with], so it's been a hot topic in the house today.
And I totally forgot this was post #100. Doubly subconsciously celebratory FPP, then! (thx!)
posted by not_on_display at 6:05 PM on March 13, 2009
Reminds me of Songkran in Bangkok, though there it's water and white powder instead of colors.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:07 PM on March 13, 2009
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:07 PM on March 13, 2009
Reminds me of Songkran in Bangkok, though there it's water and white powder instead of colors.
...and Songkran's now a commercial week long drunk fool fest.
posted by gman at 6:12 PM on March 13, 2009
...and Songkran's now a commercial week long drunk fool fest.
posted by gman at 6:12 PM on March 13, 2009
From a color photography point of view, that is seriously an amazing set of pictures. Wow.
posted by metastability at 6:20 PM on March 13, 2009
posted by metastability at 6:20 PM on March 13, 2009
One of the things I like about Holi is Barfi. It's not really easy to spread the extra-heathen sounding religious holiday with the vomity-sounding treats to mainstream America.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:33 PM on March 13, 2009
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:33 PM on March 13, 2009
They featured this holiday in the movie "Outsourced".
I totally thought they made it up. Huh.
posted by orme at 7:08 PM on March 13, 2009
I totally thought they made it up. Huh.
posted by orme at 7:08 PM on March 13, 2009
When I looked through these pictures earlier today, my mind kept trying to figure out what elements and compounds created each color. Then I decided I didn't want any of it getting in my eyes or mouth.
posted by backseatpilot at 7:34 PM on March 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by backseatpilot at 7:34 PM on March 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
...and Songkran's now a commercial week long drunk fool fest.
You say that as if it were a bad thing.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 9:59 PM on March 13, 2009
You say that as if it were a bad thing.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 9:59 PM on March 13, 2009
Holi falls a short time after my birthday. There's some cine film in the family archives of me as a newborn* covered in red paint with a stupidly happy grin on my face. Because I was white (nicknamed "The Lightbulb") I was target #1 for the kids in the village. This film makes me happy every time I see it, but my mother's expression is less enthusiastic - she's clearly thinking "what's in this stuff?"
Anyway, I turned out OK gibber, gibber.
I miss India.
(*Although maybe I'm not newborn, maybe it's just after my first birthday - I'm not sure.)
posted by WPW at 6:24 AM on March 14, 2009
Anyway, I turned out OK gibber, gibber.
I miss India.
(*Although maybe I'm not newborn, maybe it's just after my first birthday - I'm not sure.)
posted by WPW at 6:24 AM on March 14, 2009
You can use all-natural, vegetable-based holi colors, for what it's worth. That's the really oldfashioned kind, anyway. I've been meaning to throw a holi party for some time. The way I figure, if I learn enough Indian cooking and appreciate enough Indian culture, I'll earn the right to wear a sari.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:37 PM on March 14, 2009
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:37 PM on March 14, 2009
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Sounds like a typical Friday night in Brooklyn.
posted by netbros at 5:15 PM on March 13, 2009