Holi (pronunciation: /ˈhoʊliː/; San

Holi (pronunciation: /ˈhoʊliː/; Sanskrit: होली Holī) is a Hindu spring festival in India[4] and Nepal, also known as the festival of colours or the festival of sharing love.[5][6] The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships, and is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest.[7][8] It lasts for two days starting on the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in the Bikram Sambat Hindu Calendar [9] month of Falgun, which falls somewhere between the end of February and the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar.