Holi

This holy season in six faiths is a rebuke to Christian nationalism 

By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — April 10, 2023
(RNS) — If this nation does not provide full rights for believers of all faiths, I don’t want any part of it.

Why Hinduism’s Holi is more than an explosion of color for the Indo-Caribbean diaspora

By Murali Balaji — March 8, 2023
(RNS) — The festival unites the descendants of people brought to the New World as indentured servants.

How Americans have adopted — and adapted — the Indian festival of Holi

By Kalpana Jain — March 17, 2022
(RNS) — Religious practices go through change and transformation.

How American couples’ ‘inter-Hindu’ marriages are changing the faith

By Murali Balaji — January 10, 2022
(RNS) — The couples marrying and raising the next generation now are redefining what it means to be Hindu in America.

‘We are reclaiming Holi’: College students protest Hindu nationalism with a blackout Holi

By Aysha Khan — March 6, 2020
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) — At 21 university campuses across the country, Hindu students have organized a nationwide campaign called Holi Against Hindutva, held in solidarity with anti-government protesters in India.

Photos: Beauty and color of Holi celebrations

By Sally Morrow — March 4, 2015
Hindus celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors, to welcome spring by using through brightly colored powder, flowers, song and dance.

Holi festival a hit not only among Hindus

By Katherine Davis-Young — March 17, 2014
(RNS) At the largest Holi festival in the United States, the majority of participants aren't Hindus. They're Mormons.

Video: Holi – Festival of Colors

By Sally Morrow — April 1, 2013
The Hindu tradition celebrates spring and the victory of goodness over evil.
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