HOLI HEY: A FESTIVAL OF LOVE,
COLOR, AND LIFE
(53
minutes, 1995)
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in VHS and DVD
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...shows
how the annual north-Indian Spring festival of Holi is celebrated in
the city of Banaras (Varanasi, Kashi). A respected Banaras brahman,
Mahant Veer Bhadra Mishra, recounts several explanations for the Holi
festival. These include the story of the devout youth, Prahlad, whose
trust in God led to the flaming end of his wicked aunt Holika (recalled
in the Holi bonfire); and the story of Krishna and his romantic encounters
with Radha and the village cowgirls (reflected in the exhuberant color
spraying/dousing of Holi). The film dramatizes how once each year the
Holi festival unites neighborhoods, breaches the barriers of age, caste,
social rank, and religious afiliations, and calls on all to share in
unity and merriment.
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