Welcome to one more awesome thing that I did in March 2019.
This time, some of us decided to head to the Canton Hindu Temple to celebrate the Hindu festival of colors – Holi. If you don’t know, I am an atheist, so I usually don’t go to temples or the places of worships, but, I didn’t want to lose out on this wonderful opportunity of celebrating, dancing, and having fun with loads of Indian people, so I knew I had to go for this one.
This was the first time I was attending Holi in the US, so I didn’t know what to expect. Usually, there are two types of affairs when it comes to celebrating Holi in the US. The first type is a more intimate affair where people meet each other at someone’s place, wearing nice and fancy Indian clothes, and *obviously* don’t play with colors. The second one is more of my style where people just go crazy with colors and make sure they have fun and groove on the sounds of some Bollywood numbers. I love celebrating Holi and when I was heading to the temple, I was just reminiscing the ways I had celebrated Holi in the past. Be it, in Bangalore in 2015 or at my place in Patansaongi in 2014.
The moment I arrived at the location, I knew I was going to have fun there as I could see an ocean of Indian people standing in lines to get inside the Holi celebrations area. I was eager to get in as the wait seemed too much longer. I had a couple friends with me while I was waiting, so that helped a little bit. We could hear the Bollywood songs and just wanted to get our grooves on. Fortunately, I didn’t have to wait that much and I got inside in a few minutes. That’s when all the festivities started for me.
The organizers gave us a couple of pouches of colors, which we knew were not enough. We ran out of our pouches in a few short minutes. By this time, our rest of the friends also showed up. The moment we were slightly big in numbers, the fun quadrupled. We had almost everyone from our SGGS Alumni group. We made sure we play Holi with each other, then dance on many of Bollywood numbers, and click countless pictures. It was really fun and I didn’t know they had those groovy moves in them. The music didn’t stop and neither did we. It was a fun-filled afternoon and the 50s temperature helped us a lot. The low temperature helped us keep our body at an ideal temperature and we could enjoy more and better.
The day finally came to an end when the DJ played the last song and we savored on some Chai and snacks. It was a nice outing, which I am definitely looking forward to attending more.
Next stop: Ford team potluck, Dearborn, MI, USA
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