02 MAR 2023

Festivals like Holi from around the world 

SHAURYA THAPA

festival of colours

Holi, the Hindu festival of colours that is mostly celebrated in India, will fall on March 8 this year. 

photo: trip advisor

However, there are similar celebrations of colour and water in other countries too...


flour festival 

Flour Throwing Festival is celebrated in Greece's Galaxidi with people throwing tons of coloured flour on each other. Its origins are unknown. 

photo: tripadvisor

mud festival 

South Korea's Boryeong celebrates Mud Festival every July. Since 1999, the festival's aim is to build awareness around the town's mud and the natural cosmetics that it produces. 

PHOTO: GETTY

wine festival

June 29 (Saint Peter's Day) is celebrated in the Spanish town of Haro with people dipping each other in gallons of red wine. 

photo: getty

 WATER FIGHT

The Oberbaumbrücke Water-fight began in 1999 after the German city's administration decided to merge two districts, without asking the citizens their opinion. 

photo: tripadvisor

songkran 

To mark the celebration of the Buddhist New Year, Thailand's locals engage in a celebration of throwing water and beiege-coloured paste at each other. 

photo: thailand tourism

annual mud day 

Almost 80,000 litres of water is mixed with 180, 000 kilograms of topsoil to create a giant lake of mud in America's Michigan's Annual Mud Day. 

photo: getty

play carefully

photo: trip advisor

While even Holi can get quite messy with mud, eggs, and what not, try to play Holi and these other festivals in a careful and more environmenta-friendly way!