The great Indian festival of colors HOLI is back this weekend in Paris

This Sunday May 26, 2024from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Acclimatization Garden adorns itself with its most beautiful colors to make us experience a exceptional traditional festival. Will you be able to recognize the eastern country Where does he come from? A pretty flower is represented on its flag…

The Holi party returns to Paris

Who asked a rain of colors in Paris ? It is… Holi ! This annual celebration comes to us from land of the lotus (yes, it’s India) to celebrate spring and its dazzling colors with tinted powders that are thrown at everyone standing nearby! This guarantees us lots of fun memories! And each color has a very particular meaning… Green for harmonyorange for the optimistblue for vitality and red for joy ! Real vestige of the Indian culturethe Holi party is the perfect place to move your hips to Bollywood music and to try your hand at local gastronomy. And to our greatest happiness, the party returns this Sunday in Paris! Direction, the Jardin de l’Acclimatation in the 16th !

Program of the day

But then, what exactly will this exceptional event accessible with a simple entrance to the garden? From 10 a.m., you can discover magnificent gold statues of sacred elephants without ever losing the rhythm of impressive Indian drums. On the Small Sceneyou will attend traditional musical performances which will immerse you in Indian culture with simplicity and taste. From 2 p.m., get ready for the folklore fanfare ! And in the Artisans Villageyou discovered the calligraphyTHE Kathakali makeupTHE Kalarippayatt (a little-known martial art) or even Bollywood dance ! This day promises to be remarkable, and that’s why you shouldn’t miss it! Any last advice? Pay attention to your clothes, you don’t know when the rain of colors will fall…

A traditional Hindu festival

There Holi celebration comes from a old hindu legend. Once upon a time there was a tyrannical king, Hiranyakashipuwho could not bear that his own son disowned him for preferring him god Vishnull. So he tried by all means to get rid of it. With the help of his sister Holikahe challenged his son by forcing him to lie down in burning embers: the latter not only accepted, but also succeeded in the challenge! Hiranyakashipu was thus humiliated. His son, Prahladwas rewarded by the gods for his loyalty and courage. Holi would then have become the representation of this history, the symbol of this conflict where the goodness prevailed over tyranny. Here’s one reference particularly loved in Indiaand in the rest of the world!