HOLI FESTIVAL'S SIGNIFICANCE IN SIKHISM..







Sikhs celebrate Holi in their own style and elan. At Punjab, they call it 'Hola Mohalla'. Hola Mohalla or Hola Mahalla or simply Hola is a Sikh festival that takes place on the first of the lunar month of Chet which usually falls in March. This, by a tradition estabished by Guru Gobind Singh, follows the Hindu festival of Holi by one day; Hola is the masculine form of the feminine sounding Holi.
[/size][/color]The word [/font]"Mohalla" is derived from the Arabic root hal (alighting, descending) and is a Punjabi word that implies an organized procession in the form of an army column. But unlike Holi, when people playfully sprinkle colored powder, dry or mixed in water, on each other, the Guru made Hola Mohalla an occasion for the Sikhs to demonstrate their martial skills in simulated battles.
[/size][/color]Together the words [/font]"Hola Mohalla" stands for "mock fight".The custom originated in the time of Guru Gobind Singh who held the first such mock fight event at Anandpur in February 1701.[/size][/color][/font]
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Pyar ke rang se bharo pichkari,
sneh ke rang do duniya sari,
ye rang na jane koi jaat na koi boli,
aapko mubarak ho aapno ki holi.........

Happy Hola Mohalla :)

yeah holi haiiiiii

Happy hola!

Cool pics of Holi 2011 from Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/holi_festival_of_colors.html