About the Holi festival, which has huge personal significance for me, I am writing on March 12 evening, while today l am going to write about 'Dhulwad', the day which follows 'Holi'.
Well, our educational institutions do not declare a holiday on the Holi day; rather the holiday is in the following day, the Dhulwad. In Maharashtra, it is celebrated as the colour festival. People throw colour at each other. Most all get thoroughly drenched in that colourful water.
Sure, as usual, there would be laments regarding wasting water! There would be messages regarding hazardous colours. There would be tips to prepare natural colours. People would, as is usual,un-see, un-hear, un-follow all such advice, and do precisely what they to want to anyways.
Well, how does the concept 'dhulwad' emerge? I think, once upon a time rather long ago, in the agrarian context, given the fact that the "rabbi" season was over, and the "kharip" rather away, people must have had some spare time to enjoy themselves. As a result, this festival of release of all sorts of pent-up feelings? May be, hence, literally throw mud at each each other in a symbolic way? At least, it must be so in the Marathi rural-agrarian folk context. Up North, the festival has a rather different focus and significance, about which some other time!
Well, is there any longer any need for a separate day for mud-slinging? These days, most all try their level best to get everybody else in to trouble actually and metaphorically, and so much so that, for tarnishing, a separate day is indeed not needed, right? Throw all sorts of dirt at others, especially when their profile is purer and whiter than the 'mean' majority; that is the norm! Why then make an exception of a day, right? To shallow wickedness-es, anyways, the majority of so-called human beings hold on tight!
Pratima@ Evil is sure Satan incarnate. Much worse, however, are the ugly meaness-es and vicious cheapness-es, truly evil, indeed Satanic!
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