Hey y'all!
It's Holi (pronounced like the word "holy") here in Mumbai, which is the festival of colors, marking the begining of Spring (though it's actually more like Summer).
The apartment complex I'm staying in, had two of their apartment buildings (each has it's own council of sorts) organize a "rain dance" and banquet for the residents of their building. My aunt's building didn't happen to sponsor one of these, but I went down and took photos of her neighbors going INSANE in the water.
While these sprinklers are on, they have a DJ spinning dance music, with 7 foot tall, LOUD speakers covered in tarps for protection from the H2O. It's mostly Bollywood tunes, with a Kollywood (Tamil, my mother tongue) tune thrown in for the heavily South Indian population of the suburb my aunt lives in. There was also an appearance made by the Black Eyed Peas, and the crowd later went CRAZY for Daddy Yankee's Gasolina. No, I don't think the fact that it is in Spanish bothers them at all.
After I snapped some shots, I brought my towel covered Nikon back up to the apartment, and was dragged along back to the celebrations by my aunt's 12 year old neighbor Rishietaa (she's hilarious. And adorable. But sadly, way into Hannah Montana).
As you can see, I fell victim to those crazy kids with their dye powders and makeshift water balloons. My shirt is dyed for life, but in anticipation of such an ending, I dressed appropriately.
So what do you think - Holi as a Parker spirit day? I think it would probably be best if we waited until there wasn't snow on the ground...=)
Lots o' love
XOXO Janavi
It's Holi (pronounced like the word "holy") here in Mumbai, which is the festival of colors, marking the begining of Spring (though it's actually more like Summer).
The apartment complex I'm staying in, had two of their apartment buildings (each has it's own council of sorts) organize a "rain dance" and banquet for the residents of their building. My aunt's building didn't happen to sponsor one of these, but I went down and took photos of her neighbors going INSANE in the water.
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| A rain dance is essentially a chuppah with shower heads attached to the top. One guy even tried to take a shower underneath one...but accidentally ended up shampooing his hair with purple dye someone had thrown on him mid-lather. |
While these sprinklers are on, they have a DJ spinning dance music, with 7 foot tall, LOUD speakers covered in tarps for protection from the H2O. It's mostly Bollywood tunes, with a Kollywood (Tamil, my mother tongue) tune thrown in for the heavily South Indian population of the suburb my aunt lives in. There was also an appearance made by the Black Eyed Peas, and the crowd later went CRAZY for Daddy Yankee's Gasolina. No, I don't think the fact that it is in Spanish bothers them at all.
After I snapped some shots, I brought my towel covered Nikon back up to the apartment, and was dragged along back to the celebrations by my aunt's 12 year old neighbor Rishietaa (she's hilarious. And adorable. But sadly, way into Hannah Montana).
As you can see, I fell victim to those crazy kids with their dye powders and makeshift water balloons. My shirt is dyed for life, but in anticipation of such an ending, I dressed appropriately.
So what do you think - Holi as a Parker spirit day? I think it would probably be best if we waited until there wasn't snow on the ground...=)
Lots o' love
XOXO Janavi
3 comments:
Janavi! i love your blog it always so fun and interesting to read! I'm so jealous i want to have Holi day here at Parker it looks so fun! So about the music im like actually ashamed to say this but.. i was was one Khole Kardashians blog the other day lol... and her step brother and his wife made this song called Life Happens it really cute and quirky there band is called Leah and Brandon its not really my traveling song but funny to think these people are related to the Kardashians! We all miss you here! Have a wonderful rest of your trip! Luv ya -Shannon
Thanks for the well wishes Shannon! Actually, Keeping up with the Kardashinans is pretty popular here, and I thoguht of you and Kate when it was on at my cousin's house last week. I'll have to check out Leah & Brandon soon to share your surprise. Hope you are doing well! (I'm still thinking about your mom's awesome chicken torte....)
Hey Janavi, great work on the dye powders and rain dance photographs! Your exposure is right-on. And I love the shot of your feet! Keep it up!
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