Today we went to the HOLI festival of colors - a Hindu celebration of the welcoming of spring. We aren't really sure of all the details of the celebration, but we did chant and sing:
Hare Krishna Hare Krisha
Krisha Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare!
Interpret that as you like, but apparently the Jehovah Witnesses across the street were not happy about this celebration that the covered the Hindu temple with thousands of people. They estimated about 10,000 people and I'm sure at least half, if not more, were BYU students. We left our apartment around 4:15 expecting to get there in time for the throwing of the colors at 5:45. Little did we know that most of Provo was also headed to Spanish Fork along with us and it took us a good two hours to get there when it should have taken no more that 30 minutes. We were in bumper to bumper traffic and walked from our parking spot for at least 20 mins. But when we got there we were welcomed by thousands of other people our age who were covered in purple, pink, green, and orange chalk (we missed the throwing of colors). We wanted to get in the action and jumped into the crowd to dance and also be covered in chalk. They were all out when we got there, but every once and a while someone had a bag and ripped it open and threw it into the crowd. At this point everyone near mobbed the poor guy with the chalk to get as much chalk on them as possible. Luckily we were in the right spot at the right time and were able to at least get some color which was the entire purpose of the trip. Overall it was awesome, another successful year at the festival of colors. Hare Krishna!
And in the words of Tate: "I have purple snot..."
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