Happy Holi! Happy Pagwah! Today in Guyana, and in Hindu countries and communities around the world, we celebrated the festival of Spring. The mythology behind Holi has something to do with the god Prahlad escaping a demon in the underworld and coming back into the light. Today Tim and I joined the celebration welcoming the return of Spring with color! We joined thousands of Guyanese and PCV friends at the National Stadium in Georgetown to “play pagwah” by throwing colored powder and squirting colored water at each other. After only a few minutes we were covered in colors and hugging strangers with the customary greeting of some powder in the face and a, “Happy Holi!”. We enjoyed good food, music, fun and company. Our sock monkey travel companions even made a brief appearance (we didn’t get many photos for fear that our camera would be pagwah’ed too).
We loved participating in this cultural tradition for the third, and final year, during our PC service. I wonder if we could find Pagwah celebrations in SF or Sac….
All is well here in Linden. We promise to blog more about our “lasts” in Guyana and preparation for travel, school, home etc. next week when our projects start to wind down.
Peace and Love and Happy Holi!
-Chels
Post pagwah powder faces!
Happy Holi!
PCVs heading out to enjoy the holiday. Fun times!
June, Sir Bear, Mamut and Burnie hanging out after the pagwah madness
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