Holi People

Holi at the Train Station
We were lucky enough to be in India for Holi – a big and colorful holiday in India that celebrates the Spring harvest and involves color being rubbed, sprayed and splashed around.

We had a safe, staid and controlled Holi celebration at the hotel as we were warned that Holi festivities can get overly rowdy.

But the best pictures and expressions of Holi were to be found out and about.

Holi at the Agra Train station
Holi at Agra Train Station This was right before I got my personal daub of flourescent green at the Agra train station…
Holi at the Agra Fort
Which was nothing compared to some folks that ended up stained for days.

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Piecing Inspiration

Jahangir MahalThis is the Jahangir Mahal in Orchha.
Orchha India
Glass was hard to come by in the late 1500’s in India. But windows and screens were needed. The solution throughout palaces and forts during India’s Mughal reign was to build in screens carved out of stone – in this case sandstone.
parrot screenThe artisan carvers made each and every screen different.
They remind me of sampler quilt blocks where the repeating forms echo and relate to each other in scale, but are each unique. Triangle Hexagon

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Hula Hooping and Jump Roping

Don’t watch this if you are prone to motion sickness (like I am) and will be grouchy about being nauseated afterwards. They’re cool videos anyway. I’m just warning ya.
Here’s the Hula Hooping one:

If you survive that, go here for the jump roping one.

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