mango in festival / myLot

Philippines

March 19, 2011 7:51am CST

here in philippines we have ripe mangoes, but friend in india said, they have very small raw green mangoes being sold in the market right now

and this they will offer to hindu gods and goddesses along with other fruits and flowers on HOLI, the festival of colors. i wish could celebrate holi, we don't have any such colorful "wet" festivals in our country. people get painted and colors diluted in water and poured on people. i imagine it is so much fun.

what about your place. can you please share? ann

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8 responses

whateva

@whateva (786)

• India

19 Mar 11

oh ya i'm from india and i love celebrating holi, but not this year damn. .

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tigeraunt

@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

19 Mar 11

hi whateva, surely thats a killjoy thing for you.

but never mind. lots of holi will be coming along and you can join there. hope you have bought the fruits and mangoes to go along with the celebration as offering.

have a great day. ann

whateva

@whateva (786)

• India

19 Mar 11

i don't know alot about rituals but, i don't remember my mother doing anything with fruits on holi, but she does make some delicious sweets during this time. ^.^ so ya all is good for me :D

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Professor2010

@Professor2010 (20162)

• India

25 Mar 11

Sweety It is a must in the holi puja, people will buy at any cost.. My last holi was in 1968, never played after that.. On this years holi, some students came applied 'gulal' on my forehead, touched my feet my wife and daughter in laws, my sons, even Subhee did.. I could feel your presense in our family.. Thanks for this discussion. Cheers. God bless you, have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .

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tigeraunt

@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

26 Mar 11

thank you professor. you and your family feels like mine too. some rituals and greetings for an elderly are being practiced and it is very very nice to know. culture is healthy and it remains there and not lost in time. have a very nice day. ann

sunny5u

@sunny5u (2069)

• India

19 Mar 11

Hi tigeraunt, i'm from INDIA, and holi is one of my favorite festival, since we enjoy a lot with friends,family and neighbors a lot, playful festival, but we don't keep raw mangoes in this festival, we have our new year next month, then we'll offer to gods and goddesses....

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@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

26 Mar 11

hi sunny, i heard there are so many different ways of celebrating the said festival.

but most of all, i am sure there was so much fun and bonding between friends.

have a very nice day. ann

cream97

@cream97 (29087)

• United States

19 Mar 11

Hi. tigeraunt. Here in the United States, we don't have a festival such as "Holi'. Maybe it is called something else though. It sounds like a lot of fun when there is paint involved with diluting on people. Enjoy your holiday!

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tigeraunt

@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

26 Mar 11

hello cream, i surely imagine that festival in india is so much fun.

i see a lot of pictures of happy people celebrating.

have a great day. ann

kiran8

@kiran8 (15348)

• Mangalore, India

19 Mar 11

Hi ann, In India we have nearly 100+ varieties of mangoes and right now, the small pickle mangoes are out in the market.In another week or two the markets will be flooded with every variety of mango .As for holi, it is mostly celebrated in the northern parts of India, so here at Mangalore where I live which is in the southern part of India, there is hardly any celebration. But, I love the festival, we used to play holi while in college and get completely covered with colors...it used to be a lot of fun

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@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

19 Mar 11

hi kiran, am sure when the mango season comes, you will be doing lots of preserves. it is so nice to know you have had that kind of celebrating during your college days.

it sure is fun to imagine.

have a nice day. ann

Kalyni2011

@Kalyni2011 (3496)

• India

19 Mar 11

Anny dear You are aware of our celebration, we will celebrate this festival tomorrow, for the holi puja i got small raw mangos with great difficulty, paid five rupees for three mangoes just half inch big!! Wish you come here once, i will drench you with red color water to which i add rose water. god bless you HAPPY HOLI Kalyani

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tigeraunt

@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

19 Mar 11

hi kal, i must be so much fun like throwing colored powder and water on each other. it is like being little children again playing!

wish i am celebrating with you.. it will be really so much fun!

have a nice day. ann

aquariand

@aquariand (464)

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19 Mar 11

this sounds really fun i'd love to join in a celebration like this one here in england we are not as traditional as other counties which is a shame as we have lost a lot of our old cultures

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tigeraunt

@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

19 Mar 11

hi aquariand, it really sounds so much fun like going back to being children and just enjoying and having a great time!

i just hope everyone is a participant you know.. there are people in india who might feel like they need to work and leave the fun to others and they get pissed off being drenched in color.

but indians are so full of cultures and they have preserved theirs up to the present. ann

Cherish14

@Cherish14 (2693)

• Philippines

19 Mar 11

hi there, in the city where i am right now, we celebrate Dinagyang , i am sure you have heard about that? :) and in my hometown, we celebrate Pintados. yeah i think i have heard about this festival in India and now as far as i know, i haven't heard of any festivals here where people get wet or splashed by water or do anything with water. i wish we had that too, it is indeed going to be so much fun

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tigeraunt

@tigeraunt (6326)

• Philippines

19 Mar 11

hi cherish, dinagyang is a festival honoring the christianization of the natives and mostly i see are colorful costumes and street dances. we have a festival where splashing of water is there too (but no colors).. we call the "san juan". but the indians do it with color. it must be something very different. dont you think?

ann