Mar 27, 2013

Festival of Colors "Happy Holi !!!"
色の祭典 ハッピーホーリー!!!

Those indian girls are celebrating Holi.
This is my challenging story to join in Holi of Indian holiday.

この写真は、ホーリーを祝うインドの子供たち。
今回は、インドのお祭り「ホーリー」に挑戦。
Holi means the beginning of spring. But It is already warm in India. Holi also means a ritual to exorcise a demon. So Indian people paint each other with colorful powders as a ritual. And everybody says "Happy Holi" after painting them.  Holi is usually said as festival of colors.

ホーリーとは、春の訪れを意味する。でも、既にインドは暑くなってしまってるけどね。また、悪霊をお祓いする意味もある。だから、インド人たちはお祓いのために色の粉を互いに塗り合う。で、みんな、粉を塗った後、「ハッピーホリー」と言う。ホーリーは別名、色のお祭り。
These are color powders made in India. Indian people dissolve it and throw colored water on someone. And...

これが、インド製の色の粉。インド人たちは、これを溶かして誰かに色水をかけたり、
Everybody was painting color powder directly onto each other's face and body hoping for their happiness.

みんなで顔や体に直接粉を塗り、幸福を祈る。
Children were running about in the gaiety!

子供たちは大はしゃぎ!
Some children were painting much more powder onto their friends with no regard for their feelings.

ある子は、お構いなしに他の子に粉つけまくり。
Another child was targeting someone with a water gun.

別の子は、水鉄砲で狙いを定める。
Another child was making water balloon. And...

別の子は、水風船を用意し、、、
He was throwing it with all his force...
You know, You might think this festival is only for children...

力一杯投げつける。。。
これは、子供たちだけのお祭りと思うでしょ。。。
No way! 
Adults were also running about in the gaiety. Man was already painted by someone. And...

そんなわけない!
大人も大はしゃぎ。この人は、誰かに既に塗られてるし、、、
Cleaning worker was already painted.

掃除のおじさんも既に塗られてる。
Elderly was also painted.

おじいさんももれなく塗られてる。
Adults were enjoying Holi than children like this photo avobe. 

この写真のように、大人の方が子供よりも随分楽しんでいる。
But those young people seem not to celebrate Holi. They were just playing with mud.

これは、既にホーリーではなく、単なる泥遊び化している。
People were enjoying Holi everywhere. For example...on the trunk of the car... 

ホーリーでは、どこでも同じように楽しめる。例えば、車のトランクの上でも。。。
Ofcourse  we were enjoying Holi too. Our shirts were colored as if it was painted by an artist But...

もちろん、我々もホーリーを堪能。シャツは、画家のように染まったが、、、
However, more importantly, my camera was painted in Indian color too...

が、なんと、カメラも同じようにインド色に染められた。

4 comments:

  1. "Holi" sounds soooooooo fun!!!!
    I think you guys were right about wearing white T-shirts cause White T-shirts are stained many colors prettier than the other colored T-shirts! He,He

    But, I'm sorry for your camera!!!
    I hope you could remove the inks from your camera!

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    1. It's OK. I have already cleaned up my camera. In that time, my camera was polluted by colored powder, which was like an endurance test!!

      I forgot to write about dress code on Holi in my blog!! Normally, you have to wear white shirts. If I wore a colored shirt, nobody understood whether I was ready for or not for Holi!!
      If my shirt was already painted, someone comes to paint on me.

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  2. That's a reliaf!!
    I like your camera in totally black! He,He.

    Oh, that rule makes sense!!
    I saw someone ,or I should say most of people in your pics, in colored shirts though. :-
    They look locals. So I guess that's all right!

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    1. I'm sorry for late reply. You know, Indian people really love this event. This event had just been carried out in only three weeks ago. But, now experience 40-degree heat in Delhi. Spring has really passed away!!

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