Holi 2024 Celebration

Join our annual event that features lots of colored powder, water games and traditions associated with Holi! All are invited to attend including members of the community. 

The Case Hinduism Club (CHC) will be providing lunch to only undergraduate students and will only be limited to 80 servings. CHC also recommends that attendees wear traditional attire during lunch, which will be hosted at the Excelsior Ballroom (Please see the poster below for more information). For questions about lunch, please contact Vikranth Mallikarjun from CHC at vsm20@case.edu.

Holi is known as the "festival of colors" and celebrates the arrival of spring after a long winter. It is also a time for building relationships through play and laughter. Although primarily celebrated in India and Nepal, Holi is observed in many other countries throughout Southeast Asia and around the world.

The festival is celebrated by throwing colored powders and water at others. The colors used are culturally symbolic:

Red - union & purity
Pink - friendliness & happiness
Purple - devotion to self & spirit
Blue - power & passion
Green - vitality & rebirth
Yellow - sincerity & piety
Orange - strength & courage

Originally, the colors were made from Neem, Kumkum, Haldi and Bilva—medicinal herbs which were simultaneously used in the playful festival as a means of preventing springtime ailments.

Today, many popular US events have been inspired by Holi's colorful festivities including the Color Run 5K and the Festival of Colors Music Tour.

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