Folk Festival Holi

This is a folk festival celebrated in Karnataka. In North Karnataka, this festival is celebrated as Holi Punnime, Holi Festival.

Symbols of social traditions of folk heritage can be identified in the conduct of this festival. Collecting old things for Holi, making kull (barrel), bringing wood, having different rights in the villages for different tasks of kama dahana, having an elder called Holi Nayaka over all of them, etc. are folk traditions.

Folk literature such as folk ballads, dundume songs, and hiyalu are found in North Karnataka about this festival.

Mythological elements are also included in the Kamana festival. According to Vishnu Purana and Linga Purana, Manmatha, who disturbed the intense penance of Parameshwara, got caught in the fiery eyes of Mukkanna and got entangled. Then, out of compassion for Rati, the Supreme Lord blessed Kama to remain as an anak. According to this idea, there is also a tradition in Karnataka of first worshipping Rati-Chammathas, singing and dancing and then burning Kama.

Since this is a festival that welcomes the arrival of spring with joy and celebration, it is also a spring festival.

This festival is celebrated as Holi in every town and village in North India.

Holi is the festival of colors. As nature becomes more lively, human enthusiasm bursts out. This is a festival where young and old people rejoice by throwing colors.

This day is the day when Prahlada escaped from the demon Holika who came to kill him. The day Krishna killed Putani. It is also mentioned as the day Shiva burned Kama. All these stories express the need to burn Kama and give birth to love. The Holi festival is celebrated as a great festival in North India. This festival is celebrated by throwing colours on each other. On the occasion of Holi, we come out of the shackles of tradition. We are carefree. We forget our hardships and spend our time in comfort. May this festival bring good luck to everyone.

• Harish Saralaya, Madikeri. Mo. 9731810256.

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