Holi
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Holi is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, and Spring.
It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the deities Radha and Krishna.
Additionally, the day signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it commemorates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha over Hiranyakashipu.
Holi originated and is predominantly celebrated in the Indian subcontinent of India and Nepal, but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the Indian diaspora.
Radha Krishna playing Holi
Lord Narasimha emerging from a pillar and disembowelling Hiranyakashipu (detail), manuscript folio from a Bhagavata Purana, 1760-1770.
Holika bonfire in front of Jagdish Temple in Udaipur, Rajasthan, 2010.
Yaosang
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Yaosang is a festival celebrated in Manipur for five days in spring, starting on the full moon day of the month of Lamda (February–March). Yaosang is indigenous traditions of the Meitei people.
It is considered the most important festival in Manipur. But unlike Holi, the celebrations go far beyond just colours.
Perhaps kids in traditional attire going for Nakatheng is the most sought after sight during the Yaosang festival
A typical Meitei Holi group performing in Govindagee Temple on the second day of Yaosang.
As a part of the Yaosang sports festival, old folks show off their skill in a traditional form of wrestling known as mukna. These two gentlemen were more than 80 years old.
Horse Riders leading the way to the Kangla Fort while a Meitei holds the torch to inaugurate the sports festival on the first day of Yaosang.