[identity profile] lemon-cupcake.livejournal.com 2006-03-15 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
At Holi celebrations people squirt each other with water with colored powders dissolved in it or just pelt each other with the powder. The painting depicts Krishna and Radha joining in. In Bollywood musicals a Holi number provides an opportunity for the heroine to get playfully drenched.

I saw the coverage on CNN this morning. Their hearts were in the right place. They compared it to St. Patrick's Day, only with more colors than just green, and with bhang (cannabis) instead of beer...


[identity profile] hewet-ka-ptah.livejournal.com 2006-03-15 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
They compared it to St. Patrick's Day, only with more colors than just green

Oh my lord.

So in other words CNN and the close-captioning typists were all on bhang.

Lucky bastards.