India Blog!

Here's an older gent of the community where we played Holi. He is 97 years old this year and was such a kind person (and remarkably fit). Everyone in the neighborhood came over at some point to say hello to him, and he really seemed to be enjoying himself. Holi is a celebration for young and old, and seems to be a real family-oriented occasion. Families get together and play during the day, then relax together in the evenings in their homes. There is virtually no one in the streets or on the road for the rest of the afternoon.

It took me about nine separate scrubbings toget all the pink, purple, and red paint off my face. It's still under my fingernails today! I can only imagine how difficult it was to get the dyes out of his white beard!