Get an Up-Close Look at the Colorful Holi Festival | National Geographic
See clouds of neon-colored powder envelop villages across India during Holi Festival. Each year, crowds gather to celebrate the beginning of spring with an explosion of color, traditional folk music, and more.
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Happy Holi to All Hindu brethern...........me from Pakistan......i luv indians
@sorv7161
2 жыл бұрын
thanks brother, shiva bless you and be safe
Indians bought this to Trinidad ages ago. Praise God!
@tromboner6061
3 жыл бұрын
*brought
@hbk7837
3 жыл бұрын
@@tromboner6061attentiom! grammer teacher
@blueblood-_-
3 жыл бұрын
@@hbk7837 "attention" 😂 😂 😂
@_BSG_
3 жыл бұрын
@@blueblood-_- LOL
@endroholic7161
Жыл бұрын
Hindus brought
Such a magnificent expression of love, laughter, & life---the Indian culture is awesome! Enjoy the holiday, my friends!
@derekdolcy5839
Жыл бұрын
😊👋 hi there chase
@ayushdhingra855
2 ай бұрын
This is hindu festival
@Yukeena
Ай бұрын
Tell that to the japanese woman that was abused during this festival by some animals forcing this powder on her and molesting her. Such a barbaric practice.
everyone just looks so happy celebrating.
@KoushikMondal-fn8mj
3 жыл бұрын
welcome to india.. geust are god to us..
@derekdolcy5839
2 жыл бұрын
Yes indya ur right it's coultheuer
I learned about Holi Festival in Korean middle school.
@aswink5915
3 жыл бұрын
Nice👌
@yunidhkumar5571
3 жыл бұрын
That's holly not Holi
@peter-iw8em
3 жыл бұрын
@@yunidhkumar5571 that is holi not holly
@BabyKumari-eb4gv
3 жыл бұрын
@@yunidhkumar5571 . I am Indian and know the basics. It is holi
@yeontankieomma5112
3 жыл бұрын
@@yunidhkumar5571 that's holi dear not holy I'm indian hindu 🕉️
As napali I can say it’s very fun and exciting
@PRINCE-ki6kq
2 жыл бұрын
Yes bro
@sauravkumar-js2ny
2 жыл бұрын
Why bro
@PRINCE-ki6kq
2 жыл бұрын
@@sauravkumar-js2ny idiot 🤣🤣🤣
I'm glad they posted this video. I've been searching for this video. Holi festival looks fun.
@electrichanoi7244
5 жыл бұрын
they like to dring banng witch contains weed. sounds good to me, i want to drink weed
@yuyang3247
3 жыл бұрын
@@electrichanoi7244 not all tho But i have never seen people drink baang and play holi And i am from india
@cogama7846
3 жыл бұрын
I am going to have my own Holi festival celebrating, Colors, life, spring and new birth with myself this New Years during quarantine in my nyc apt
@diyaroy5059
3 жыл бұрын
@@electrichanoi7244 Those are sacred Cannabis 😍
@shivendrasingh6551
2 жыл бұрын
Hey why don't you visit India sometime
We needs this as a national holiday in America. It looks so fun
@MDMunna-oj6qk
5 жыл бұрын
aq1
@barbiegirl9175
5 жыл бұрын
we have a color run
@stellabellafontay9366
4 жыл бұрын
No
@WJRHalyn-jw2ho
4 жыл бұрын
Who cleans up the tons of powder in hundreds of cities afterwards? Some churches don't even let people throw confetti or rice anymore because of clean-up costs. ;-)
@senjaisa4863
4 жыл бұрын
Not really. Unless the colors are natural ( which are too expensive ) it's bad for the environment, skin and animals. Why not just go to a pub ?
I'll add this on my bucketlist😉
@tromboner6061
3 жыл бұрын
If you want to celebrate it,please don't just do it anywhere A lot of places it is celebrated aggressively n you'll hate it. I recommend you to have a milennial indian frnd. He will search a farmhouse/club wherein holi parties are organised n tickets are sold.Thats where it is done grand n soberly
@felin_de_la_nuit
2 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
Just like spring is colourful..so this festival is to welcome the the spring as respect to mother nature..HAPPY HOLI🍂
Love this festival. Love from India ❤🧡
@AbdulTheV1ogger
Жыл бұрын
its racism feestival
Ill be honest as an indian i can certify that this beat slaps.
@RadislavPirgozliev
2 ай бұрын
As Canadian I truly respect and love this celebration. Chini and Panee! 😇
Qué hermoso 👌saludos India🙋
@shweetaa
3 жыл бұрын
Gracias!!
@ManishYadav-yf3ng
3 ай бұрын
Muchas Gracias
Hello! My name is Zahra. l am from Azerbaijan. l am 10 years old. This is very funny and interesting festival🤗
@ARVINDYADAV-cu9sd
3 жыл бұрын
28 march 2021 holi festival
@akk01123
Ай бұрын
Somthing a ten your old would say...cool...
Happy Holy for all hindu Community 💟
@tuttut12
5 жыл бұрын
It's Holi not holy. Never mind. Same to you
@user-qy8zi8hq4v
4 жыл бұрын
Why just hindu community?Anybody can celebrate. It's just so much fun . Color wont see ,which religion you belong to.😊
@sriganeshganta3256
4 жыл бұрын
@@user-qy8zi8hq4v yup but is is a Hindu tradition right
@youalreadyknowwhoim2710
4 жыл бұрын
Same to you dear
@emma_the_angel5284
3 жыл бұрын
*Holi
I like Indian women and I am from Dominican Republic
@lonely413
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah right you like Indian woman because you are a shaitan
Lord, I think I’m going to go today!! I’ve Always wanted to !! I wonder if I’ll be the only black Woman there??!! Lol! Happy Holi y’all!
@tromboner6061
3 жыл бұрын
If u really want to, Listen. When in India (and around/before date of holi),search for tickets for holi parties in farmhouses in delhi mumbai bangalore gurgaon etc.
@somebodysomewhere1360
3 жыл бұрын
If you go to Trinidad you'll not be alone.. lots of Afro Indians celebrate it.
@siddharthjain9611
3 жыл бұрын
Ur face and hair would be so coloured people won't know ur race
I’m from India and this is a very fun holiday confirmed
Please tell me the name of that place, building and the location, ^^ I'm going there next month. What time does it start and end?
@pritamgurjar2176
4 жыл бұрын
This is fastival of holi , celebration along all parts of india . And this particular as mantion in video is from" mathura " india . This year we will celebrate holi on 10th of march . So you are welcome
@hema1218
4 жыл бұрын
Goto Pushkar.. city in Rajasthan..
@coolpanda7132
3 жыл бұрын
You can go to ur nearby ISKCON temple in ur country for it!
@Noone-gz8li
3 жыл бұрын
God saves u there my friend
@amitclick99
3 жыл бұрын
Just go to pushkar in Rajasthan if you want to get real fun of holi
Wow, mine county BD(bangladesh) could use Holi day, spreading color's of love passion sky nature gold ect...
@lifeofsahani
4 жыл бұрын
Don't Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate it?🤔
@saumilichakraborty5357
3 жыл бұрын
@@lifeofsahani yes we do! Its pretty fun! The entire moholla participates!
@endroholic7161
2 жыл бұрын
@Ashish Rajput very correct
@ZexaXIII
2 жыл бұрын
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@shaarminakhter1538
2 жыл бұрын
@@saumilichakraborty5357 but not with that much fun as Indians,i guess cuz I never found any of my Hindu friends celebrating holi
And it's celebrated in India and Nepal.
@carnage980
5 жыл бұрын
its also celebrated in other countries
@zauazaua2792
5 жыл бұрын
Iniĺu
@pacifront83
4 жыл бұрын
I think it’s celebrated all over south Asia as well a south east Asia
@prajullas
4 жыл бұрын
Don't generalize India its not part of India as a whole.
@nimishagandhi6908
3 жыл бұрын
@@prajullas ues it is. It comes from an old Hindu myth
That looks amazing! It looks like so much fun! I have asthma though and all that powder would really hurt to breathe in :(
@k.h5971
5 жыл бұрын
No
@nikhiltiwari6923
4 жыл бұрын
It's made of flower petals so it won't. I have asthama too but I celebrate every year like crazy.
@lifeofsahani
4 жыл бұрын
@@nikhiltiwari6923 maybe the one you use are made of flower petals. But gulal everywhere else is powder unless it's herbal gulal which is very expensive. I won't recommend it for asthama patients.
@lifeofsahani
4 жыл бұрын
But we also play wet holi, which is colour mixed in water so I guess that won't be a problem. But it may take weeks to get rid of colour. 😂
@KoushikMondal-fn8mj
3 жыл бұрын
welcome to india.. geust are god to us..
Indian ppl are so soulful ppl^^
This festival looks so awesome
the music is a banger
@pritamgurjar2176
4 жыл бұрын
Flute bhangra
The festival of oldest religion in the world sanatan dharma 🔥 more than 10,000+ years
💎🕉️💎🇮🇳💎 Jai Hind. Har Har Mahadev.
Happy Holi everyone!🧡💛💚💙💜💗🌷💐
@Shubh22
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
I’m gonna do this tomorrow at school. On March 5th. at Arahoe School.
@BabyKumari-eb4gv
3 жыл бұрын
Nice and then get suspended
Some cult explodes RDX , and some explode colors
@arpitpatra
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@sayanmitra3036
2 жыл бұрын
😆
@blueblood-_-
2 жыл бұрын
Can't we people just celebrate and be happy with our cultures? Is it also customary to harass the entire people from a particular religion just because of a few?
Glad to see these men aren't afraid to be covered in pink powder
it's September and i m already waiting for March. the month of Holi
@NatGeo
6 жыл бұрын
We're glad you enjoy it as much as we do!
@tromboner6061
3 жыл бұрын
Diwali is real soon😁 Corona will spoil it😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@vishalchandnani6179
3 жыл бұрын
@@tromboner6061 hello
@tromboner6061
3 жыл бұрын
@@vishalchandnani6179 hila ke so ja bhai andar se siddharth Chauhan hun subs badhane k liye naam aur pic lagayi h
I went to the Holi Festival @ my school in Catonsville Community College in Baltimore Maryland I enjoy myself last week I love Indian Culture🇮🇳🇮🇳
I’ve always wanted to play Holi but my parents never allowed me to:(
@PRINCE-ki6kq
2 жыл бұрын
Very sad
@cerveauy8782
Жыл бұрын
L parents. You have to live/demand your right to celebrate Dharma & Holi
@quirklesteins2741
Жыл бұрын
@@cerveauy8782 yea tbh😭maybe i'll try to play this year
@pandit_ji272
Жыл бұрын
You should take your own decision and be independent
@quirklesteins2741
Жыл бұрын
@@pandit_ji272 yea but its a bit hard since i’m still a kid.. but i’m moving out this year so hopefully i’ll have a chance!
I would like to go there!!!!!!❤️
Music is really desi.. different. Love it
Great coverage! Great music and vibrations
Holi is best
Holi is the grand culmination of the month long celebrations of the Spring AKA Vasant in which Kamdeva - God Of Love & Love, is the main theme, who has been replaced by Krishna now
이게 현실적인 인도축제다..
Finally you gave up on the all caps policy. Please, do that with all of your videos. It's much easier to read than the all caps thing.
@vectorsigma6757
6 жыл бұрын
The thing is, the title of something, a video, or document or anything, is supposed to be capitalized, that way it looks better, formal and proper. So, I guess English isn't your main language, so it's better not to say that.
@MuhammadEgypt
6 жыл бұрын
I wasn't talking about the title. I was talking about the written information inside the video. NatGeo always types the info in caps, which becomes difficult to read.
Woww.looks fun.i'll add this to my bucket list^_^
Wow incredible.
It looks lit
Guys did you know that if you search holi on google and you click the three triangle, you will splash your google results with paint and if you want to clean up you will just click the litle water icon
The great festival of colours
Happy Holi everyone!
not only in India and Nepal also in my country
@AjayYadav-gn7dz
5 жыл бұрын
Yup!!
@yadigk5957
5 жыл бұрын
Ruth Mitt england
@ananasbanana
5 жыл бұрын
@@yadigk5957 Um, it's only due to Indian citizens living there, or those of Indian origin so this is celebrated by Indian people only
@KhatriVanshKohli
2 жыл бұрын
@@ananasbanana r u mad nepal has 82% hindus so its common to celebrate holi there
IT'S ON 8 MARCH THIS YEAR , COME TO INDIA ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO BOOK YOUR FLIGHT
Any #Indiansquad here This festival is just ❤
@davidhunt2083
6 жыл бұрын
It was a indian mosh pit
@kbc7515
6 жыл бұрын
Lol sometimes it seems but it ain't that ..
@sohamtalekar7820
6 жыл бұрын
Kbc 2000 👍
@sweetysweety2253
5 жыл бұрын
Tq
The beat 😍😍
Looks like their having a blast
Anyone in Holi 2019
@101Queenisis
5 жыл бұрын
Yep I’m going to the one in durham N.C.
@amandas503
4 жыл бұрын
2020
0:50 that was the real Red Sea
@vaibhavsharma1174
2 жыл бұрын
lol
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That looks like fun
I love Holi
Very nice holi colour
That looks like fun!
It would be lovely If the background music would be Holi songs)
Punjabi music is soo lit !!
@ARVINDYADAV-cu9sd
8 ай бұрын
It's not Punjabi music
This level of celebrations take place in only few states of India. Majority of the people here celebrate holi only by worshipping fire and lord Vishnu. But diwali is celebrated countrywide with even more enthusiasm, especially in Northern India.
@shrinivas105
6 жыл бұрын
Karan Vir Singh South Indian also celebrate holy as much as north India, may be you are not aware .. few places in Karnataka, it's celebrated for continuous 7 days
@anotheridiotd7703
6 жыл бұрын
But let's be honest, Holi is way more fun
@adrianacamilleri8584
6 жыл бұрын
In which city is this located please?
@joonbora7031
6 жыл бұрын
few states? lol... we norteasterns also celebrate holi
@acoolindian
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah...but then again...those "few" states" alone account for literally Hundreds of Millions of poeple. #LOL But...The festival is infact now gaining widespread popularity even in places in India, where it traditionally was NOT celebrated with such gusto.
Holi 2021! Enjoy NY
This looks amazing but this song is amazing
Awesome
Fastive of Spring
amazing
I once did this at my school because someone was Indian and came to the school but it rained
@tromboner6061
3 жыл бұрын
So you didn't go? If u wouldve gone,it wouldve been MORE grand
EDUCACIÓN CULTURAL Y ARTÍSTICA MI LIKE
😀👋❤️ good after noon friends happy 😀 holi ❤️💚💚🧡🧡
Happy holi
great
Oawsome
Wow
India isn't a s##t country. Its just that we are a country of 1 billion people with very diverse culture. Hopefully, we will catch up with you western countries in terms of quality and infrastructure. all these problems can be eradicated by education. If enough of our people are liberated from poverty by education, then that day isn't far away where our country will join the list of developed nation!
@yourmajesty7012
6 жыл бұрын
Saurabh Yadav I believe it is coming soon, india has a good amount of doctors, psychologist and engineers and together they can shape the population
@bp4502
6 жыл бұрын
Lmao I agree with you but the videos about Holi
@4godand4thegays73
6 жыл бұрын
China is a country with over 1 billion people and a diverse culture yet they're one of the biggest modern leaders in infrastructure and design. India is so rooted in both religion, and deep culture and history it's traditionalistic system puts them at claw when compared to other third world countries. Along with India's government which is failing to support such a vast country, india will buckle under itself.
@DBT1007
6 жыл бұрын
"With very diverse culture" Well.. a country which has a low level of tolerancy is dont have many diversity. That's what made them intolerance. If india is so diverse, then how about the intolerance thing? Muslim, black people, judge people based on the skin color, gender, race.
@existencedefieslogic9658
6 жыл бұрын
Saurabh Yadav well, developed countries have many pathalogical problems of it's own. But India has a very long way to go to being a country with good enough living conditions. I live in a chawl in Mumbai with poor infrastructure all around and the authority in charge of these chawls don't do much to help us residents in terms of the water supply problem, decent enough sanitation and roadworks. Gratefully I am not born in a slum where conditions are a great notch worse than in the chawls here. It will probably take half a century or even a century long for India to become tremendously clean and decent enough for living. But i also notice that India is becoming very capitalistic and seems to be copying the capitalistic US and other such western countries. We ignore the suicides of the farmers in Maharashtra but would have Modi gladly ink the thousands of crores deal with Japan for a fucking bullet train to connect the city of Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Then there was the stupid demonitisation move which actually resulted in the deaths of so many people. It was a thoroughly botched implementation which affected the poor people terribly even as the rich and the privileged lauded the unnecessary move.
cok guzel ya
it's a dream to visit this festival but damn if i inhaled i think i'll die from suffocation with all that powder thrown at me
@worldviewYT
6 жыл бұрын
donttouchmeim steril lol if sm1 is using colour on ur face you have to close your eyes and stop inhaling for some time
@shivamgarg5655
3 жыл бұрын
1.3 billion people didn't die and you will. Idiot. Think harder.
@kathatarang8418
3 жыл бұрын
No you don't but will be a little bit overwhelming😄
@pandit_ji272
Жыл бұрын
Sad for you😂
You can only hope all that powder has a fragrance to it.
@khushboodhingra5356
5 жыл бұрын
Cleat Dog You can only hope that the Guns in your country aren't loaded.
@jerryseinfield6884
4 жыл бұрын
@@khushboodhingra5356 Gun deaths are commonly in self defense, guns are good.
@nikhiltiwari6923
4 жыл бұрын
Powder is made of flower petals. It smells amazing.
@nikhiltiwari6923
4 жыл бұрын
@@jerryseinfield6884 I agree. Guns are good. Atleast in country like India where police is corrupt, lazy & can't react on time.
Cool
Play only balam pichkari..lmao
Holi❤️
I learned about holi festival in my school
I see. Even National Geographic can't afford the authentic background score for its shows.
Happy Holi to every hindu worldwide
2x speed LMAO
@somebodysomewhere1360
3 жыл бұрын
You're right... just did that and it was LMFAO...
Bruh the teacher made us watch this at school
🙏💙🌍
Wows
Nice
Very colorful. Will Holi happen in 2021
@JyotiSharma-ih8lp
3 жыл бұрын
Every year in each part of india in March month date you can check on google
What a beautiful expressions 😍 ❤️ namaste 👌 🙏 🎉🎉🎉😂
Bhang overload
Not wishing to be the fly in the ointment, but has anyone researched what breathing in all that coloured powder clouding the streets does to one's lungs? Lovely colours and all, and quite the celebration, but those clouds of powder being breathed in........
@tuttut12
5 жыл бұрын
Actually the real Holi in villages is played with natural colours and it's lasts only for some time so there is no serious damage to worry about 🙂. And after breathing the pollution that we have in the atmosphere it is almost harmless. It's Holi today so happy holi.
@WJRHalyn-jw2ho
5 жыл бұрын
@@tuttut12 Well, that's good to hear!!
@tuttut12
5 жыл бұрын
@@WJRHalyn-jw2ho glad to know
@101Queenisis
5 жыл бұрын
Then don’t come!! It’s better that exhaust u breath Daily!!
@WJRHalyn-jw2ho
5 жыл бұрын
@@101Queenisis Whoa! Just asking, is all. BTW, it appears you meant to spell "than" instead of "that", and "breathe" instead of "breath". Never mind about the "u" for "you"... ;-)
ok but the song slaps
Looks extreme, probably event organised for nat geo to shoot
@sanjaysingh-bn2fu
5 жыл бұрын
Its mathura
@shalendrasingh8535
4 жыл бұрын
It's not organised for Natgeo to shoot, it's been shot in a very famous temple of lord Krishna in Mathura. People from all over the country go to the temple during Holi every year to be able to celebrate it in the temple with the god
To all the people other than india you gotta go there once in a while on holi in VRINDAVAN (goto place for holi celebration) but yeah try to be with someone in boys you’ll always find some bad boys trying to colour you
Suppeeerrrr likeee
It looks like so much fun, but doesn’t it get in your eyes? I’d imagine it would. Doesn’t it hurt???
@sunitakhinchi-tk7nm
Жыл бұрын
No it doesn't hurt !and this festival is today so happy holi i am going to play
It looks cool
In case anyone's wondering, most of the dyes come from plants. Almost none of this is actually paint.