By: calyirose
Thank you y2karl, for this post. When I was growing up my family followed a Guru who would hold yearly Holi Festivals. He used giant water canons filled with colored water (we usually met in a stadium...
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I've been blessed with pretty good health throughout my life. One of the many factors which, I believe, contributes to my health is the fact that I don't jump over bonfires.
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Miguel, Brahmin's are supposed to be the people with the knowledge, so Harvard educated people in Boston being referred to as Brahmins is fine by me. :)
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Sheauga: we start hitting the beach! Riffola: Thanks! The expression generally refers to academically-connected old WASP families living in Boston, where "Brahmin" means "upper class" or the...
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To answer your question Miguel: I come from a Brahmin family, and I've never heard of the Boston Brahmins. Back to the topic, I really miss Holi in the US, I love playing Holi with my friends, and...
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Miguel, since I'm not from the Boston area, the only place I ever ran across old-fashioned "brahmins" there was in a Unitarian congregation, (an unpredictable experience from week-to-week with Tibetan...
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festival of Holi 1998, Jaipur -- one of the most intense (and colorful) experiences i barely remember from my entire life. but i do know there are some amazing pictures of the aftermath. in fact, i...
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holi haaiiiii, you are also supposed to get completely blasted on a marijuana/hashish drink called Bhang, and holi ends in a lovely sight, teenagers puking green shit. But it is great fun, highly...
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Thanks for the revelations. I'd never heard of anything or anyone in the whole post. Amazing. The Festival of Colors link(first line, 4th from the left)is cute. James Hillman seems interesting, like...
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As if I wasn't overwhelmed enough already with sheauga's Science and the Sacred thread. Thanks for the great links y2karl (you too sheauga.)
View ArticleHoli & Now Ruz - The Hindu Festival of Colors & The Persian New Year
Holi . Now Ruz. The HinduFestival of Colors. The PersianNew Year. Easter and Passover are not the only religious holidays associated with the first full moon of spring. Both appeal to me—in Holi people...
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