Here’s the 101 on Holi, one of the most colorful and beloved Hindu festivals.

Everything you need to know about Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors celebrated each spring.

Holi has come to symbolize the vivid, colorful joy of Indian festivals

Here’s the 101 on Holi, one of the most colorful and beloved Hindu festivals.

You have certainly seen images of people painted in all colors having fun at some events. Holi, popularly known as Festival of Colors, is an important festivity in India. Now, get to know everything about Holi. Holi Festival Traditionally, its name was Holika and its history began centuries before

Varanasi for Holi Festival is not for the faint-hearted; crazy party, Aghori Monk, boat ride. Tips on how to prepare and what to wear for Holi in Varanasi.

Everything you need to know about Holi in India - where to celebrate Holi, the meaning of Holi and how to stay safe (especially for women).

Is Holi in Varanasi right for you? The ultimate travel guide (with exclusive tips) to help you prepare for the Varanasi Holi Festival in India this year.

Revellers in India filled the streets to mark Holi, the festival of colours, which marks the end of winter and start of spring. Hindus douse each other with coloured powders and waters during the two-day celebration which dates back to the 4th century.

This blog will tell you everything you need to know about some of the most fun and unique cultural festivals that take place around the world. Let’s begin. First, bring large luggage If you’d like to bring back souvenirs for your friends and family, and use packing cubes so you can save space in your pink suitcase.

Learn all about the meaning of the Holi festival in India, the iconic festival of colors, and how it's celebrated in this article.

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Learn all about the meaning of the Holi festival in India, the iconic festival of colors, and how it's celebrated in this article.

This post contains affiliate links to products and or services. I may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links, but with no additional costs to you. Celebrating the Holi Festival in India is high up on the list of must do's for many travellers. When I was in India at the beginning

How to celebrate Holi in India. Everything you need to know about the Holi Festival, India's festival of colour, including safety tips and where to play.

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With a riot of color, Holi celebrates the victory of good over evil, and the coming of spring.

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A few weeks ago I encountered this comment from a schoolteacher in 1912... “At first the users of soap and towels in this building were in disgrace or were called dudes..." and was startled to see the word "dude" used in that era. Further consideration reminded me of "dude ranches" - whence the above photo from the Life magazine archives. It was when I got out the OED to look for an etymology that things got more interesting. Dude. U.S. [A factitous slang term which came into vogue in New York about the beginning of 1883, in connexion with the 'aesthetic' craze of that day. Actual orgin not recorded.] A name given in ridicule to a man affecting an exaggerated fastidiousness in dress, speech, and deportment, and very particular about what is aesthetically 'good form'; hence, extended to an exquisite, a dandy, 'a swell'. There follow several citations, including one from North Adams, Mass, in June of 1883: "The new coined word 'dude' .. has travelled over the country with a great deal of rapidity since but two months ago it grew into general use in New York."By the time the OED was printed in the 1930s, "dude" had already given rise to dudedom, dudeness, dudery, dudism, dudine [a female dude] and dudish. It's interesting that the connotation of foppishness in dress carried over into the 1940s when that LIFE photo was published, because the label for the picture reads as follows: Dude Girls of the West. Expert rider Jimmy Rogers sporting fancy, fringed suede, split skirt w. matching bolero jacket as she rears up her majestic mount while maintaining seat on silver-trimmed saddle.So she's a dude not because she's on a Florida ranch, but because she dresses so fastidiously. I'm presuming then that the "dude ranch" is called such because it is visited by "city folks" who arrive overdressed for the situation and probably affect elaborate "cowboy" gear to the amusement of real ranchers. It's unusual to see in the OED that a word had such a precisely defined onset without the actual source being known. I would guess (any ideas out there?) that the quick spread of the word probably means that it was used in a movie or a play or a novel that the indexers for the OED never recorded on one of their little paper slips. That leaves open the question of etymology. Given the clothing-related use of the term, I would have to surmise that "dude" arose from "dud," which is an ancient word for an article of clothing (it's own origin unknown, but dating back to the 15th century). When I was a kid, my parents (Norwegian, German) would tell me to "get your duds on." I've not heard the term used much re clothing since then, but suspect it is still common and recognizable. I can't leave the subject without at least a tip of the hat to the Big Lebowski for popularizing the word: "I'm the Dude. So that’s what you call me. That, or His Dudeness, or Duder, or El Duderino..." It's also self-evident that by the time that movie came out in 1998 the term had absolutely and totally lost its connotation of fastidiousness of dress. Now the term seems omnipresent in commercials, television, and street greetings. But it's interesting to know the background. Update: I should have checked Wikipedia first. Rather than revise all the above, I'll just append an addendum here. "Dude" was reportedly first used in the 1870s, and in 1883 it was in the Home and Farm Manual (which undoubtedly accounts for the rapid spread that year). There's a good citation re etymology to a book called Words and Their History, which is accessible via Google Books at the link. Wiki also offers a photo (left) of Evander Berry Wall, a turn-of-the-century multimillionaire who was acclaimed as the "King of the Dudes" for wearing hip-length leather boots. He owned 500 trousers, 5,000 ties, and wore "extraordinary" outfits. He was the first person ever recorded to have worn a white dinner jacket, and once changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner. He died leaving an estate of only $12,608 after having "squandered nearly every cent on pleasure." Sounds like an interesting guy. Next time one of your friends calls himself a "dude," you might mention Mr. Evander Berry Wall...

A boy smeared with colored powder is doused with water during Holi celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai on March 27. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated across the country. Check…