Festival of Colors

Arts & Culture Categories: * PERFORMING ARTS,Cultural,Dance,Entertainment,Music,Performing Arts
Audience: Children,Teens,Adults
Type of Event: Entertainment,Food,Multilingual,Outdoors
Cost: $ 8 Online
Contact: Charu Das
Link: http://www.festivalofcolorsusa.com

Ogden Festival of Colors ® is set to host their 10th annual event, on Saturday May 23. The concert like event will be held at Lorin Farr Park located at 769 Canyon Road in Ogden.

The festival has gained immense popularity over the years, with the Ogden version garnering up to 1,500 attendees in good weather. Color throws on the hour, mantra music, bhakti dance, yoga, vegetarian-only cuisine, crafts, and fun for the kids are just some of the highlights

Contact Charu for more images and graphics, interviews, live coverage etc. 801 787-1510

This year’s lineup consists of performers like Shyamesvari, DJ Vibhu Chaitanya, TK and the Nam Rock Band, the Maha Mantra Band, the, Bolly X Dancers, Bollypop Utah, and Caru the rapping MC.

Bollypop star Aakansha Mahaesvari, will lead the crowds in high-energy, interactive, and joyful dance. Malini Taneja is a perennial crowd pleaser with her bhakti fusion work out

Tickets are currently $8.00 online at festivalofcolorsusa.com. Tickets at the gate are $ 10.00. Kids 12 and under are free to enter with parents or guardians.

A brief history of the festival is below .

Ancient Tradition

In India, Holi announces the arrival of spring and the passing of winter. The festival breathes an atmosphere of social merriment. People bury their hatchets with a warm embrace and throw their worries to the wind. Every nook and corner presents a colorful sight. Young and old alike are covered with colors (red, green, yellow, blue, black and silver). People in small groups are seen singing, dancing and throwing colors on each other. Though liquid colors are used in India (where it’s warm) we prohibit them, as we don’t want anyone to catch cold on account of the festival. Dry is better for photographs as well.

Modern Adaptation

Holi has long traditional links with several legends. According to one popular legend, the word Holi is derived from the demoness, Holika. She was the sister of Hiranya Kashipu(the name meaning love of gold and a soft bed), a demon king, who having defeated the gods, proclaimed his supremacy over everyone else in the Universe. Enraged over his son’s ardent devotion to Lord Vishnu, Hiranya Kashipu decides to punish him. He takes the help of his sister, Holika, who is immune to any damage from fire. Holika carries the small boy Prahlad into the fire but a divine intervention destroys her and saves Prahlad from getting burned. Thus Holi is celebrated to mark the burning of the evil Holika. Her effigy is consumed in the fire!

Holi is celebrated with special importance in the North of India. It solemnizes the love of Radha and Krishna. The spraying of colored powders recalls the love sport of Lord Krishna and His devotees.

The color, noise and entertainment that accompanies the celebration of Holi bears witness to a feeling of oneness and sense of brotherhood. The festival brings home the lesson of spiritual and social harmony!!

For more information, email holifestivalofcolorsusa@gmail.com or call (801) 787-1510.

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