{"id":761,"date":"2015-04-29T07:35:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velabas.com\/writing\/?p=761"},"modified":"2017-06-19T17:51:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T17:51:02","slug":"getting-colorful-celebrating-holi-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velabas.com\/writing\/places\/getting-colorful-celebrating-holi-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Colorful: Celebrating Holi in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holi in Barcelona<\/a> is one of the many places<\/a> where the traditional Indian festival has found expression. Here’s Holi Barcelona’ Facebook page<\/a>. I went with Mayra of Viajera Peruana<\/a> to check out some of the festivities. Holi is a Spring festival that celebrates the triumph of good over evil, and it’s probably globally impactful because at some point Indians decided to throw colorful ash on each other instead of the gray stuff.<\/p>\n

Holi in Barcelona is as colorful as anything else<\/h2>\n

You might expect that it’s mostly about getting drunk and listing to music, and that’s the extent of it. When Holi is going on, you see people covered in colors dotting the city. Of course, the further you get from the epicenters of festivities, the more scattered the sightings of affected partyers. When I saw them, it was a feeling of solidarity if nothing else.<\/p>\n

At first I was skeptical, because I’ve never been to a Holi festival, much less one in India itself. But after reading up on the tradition, I see that it’s ok that it exists here in Barcelona and anywhere else. It’s just a festival of joy.<\/p>\n

\"Celebrating

Celebrating Holi!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Some

Some of the colorful ‘ash’, 2 euros a pop.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Just

Just being colorful in Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

\"We

We took our Holi-ness to Parc Guell, where the hordes gave us sideways glances<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The expected trash results of bags of Holi ash<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The djembe performance was the best<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Una

Una peruana a Holi de Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n

\"holi-in-barcelona\"<\/p>\n

The packets of ash cost 2 euros each, or 6 euros for 10<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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