{"id":4149,"date":"2020-03-01T01:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T07:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weavefamily.org\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2022-08-23T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T20:13:10","slug":"explore-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weavefamily.org\/pt\/explore-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Exploring traditions from other cultures is one way to expand your family\u2019s view of the world and cultivate a heart for the peoples that God loves. Learn about <\/em>Holi <em>(HOH-lee), an annual holiday celebrated across India and in many other places with large numbers of<\/em> <em>Indians. <\/em><br> <br>Holi falls in late February or March and means the \u201cfestival of spring\u201d or \u201cfestival of colors\u201d. Celebrated with friends and family, this multi-day party represents good winning over evil, new beginnings, and springtime\u2019s arrival. This year Holi begins March 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\nfew days before Holi, children begin celebrating by dropping water balloons on\nunsuspecting people in the street below and firing squirt guns to soak\npassersby. The night before Holi, crowds gather around huge bonfires built in\npublic places like town squares or parks. Many people perform religious\nrituals, seeking forgiveness from their Hindu gods and asking that evil would\nbe done away with in the world. Celebrants often sing together around the\nfire.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nnext day, people throw all sorts of powdered colors on each other: hot pinks,\nbright blues, electric greens, deep purples, and sunny yellows. If you looked\ndown on the city from the sky, you would see clouds of bright, moving, swirling\ncolors. Everyone plays, laughs, and runs around until they are exhausted,\nsoaked, and covered in color. Families then return home, clean up, and eat a\nspecial treat called <em>Gujiya<\/em>\n(GOO-jee-ah).&nbsp; With its filling of dairy\npaste and fruit, this sweet, crescent-shaped dumpling tastes similar to a\nfruit-filled doughnut. After a snack, families visit relatives and friends in\nthe neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some parts of Holi are really fun. However, behind the joy and fun\nis something sad and broken. People celebrate the hope of good triumphing over\nevil and yet, not one Hindu god among the millions they worship has any power\nto overcome evil. This empty hope continues year after year. The people have\nnot heard about God\u2019s Son, Jesus, who brings victory over all evil and sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family Activities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp; As a family, participate in a Holi\ncelebration near your home. Often, Indian families do not know the reasons\nbehind their rituals or have a relationship with any of the gods they worship.\nWhile you are having fun, ask them honoring questions about where good and evil\ncome from, what gives them hope in their lives, and how evil is defeated in the\nfuture. Listen carefully to their responses. When you return home, discuss the\nfestival as a family. What parts of Holi celebrations are good, true, and\nbeautiful? What parts are twisted, false, and broken? What could we do next to\nreach out to the Indian families we met at Holi?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp; Create your own explosion of Holi colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pour milk into a shallow dish or bowl. Add drops of different   colored food coloring. Place the drops close together near the middle of the bowl.<\/li><li>Pour a small amount of dish soap into a cup. Dip one end of a cotton swab or toothpick in the dish soap. Hold it over the cup until the drips stop.<\/li><li>Touch the soapy tip to one spot of color and hold it there. Watch the colors swirl and blend together, just like during the celebration of Holi. <\/li><li>Afterwards, let each family member share about one aspect of Holi that would be fun. Discuss beliefs behind the holiday that are false. Pray that Hindu families would come to know Jesus, the only one who can remove sin from our hearts and triumph over all evil.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring traditions from other cultures is one way to expand your family\u2019s view of the world and cultivate a heart for the peoples that God loves. Learn about Holi (HOH-lee), an annual holiday celebrated across India and in many other places with large numbers of Indians. 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