To teach primary school students about the Indian festival of Holi.

1. Holi
The Festival of
Colours

2. What is Holi?

3. What is Holi?
● “The Festival of Colours”
● Indian festival
● Celebrated in March or April
● Celebrates the Spring harvest season

4. What is Holi?
● It is like el Carnaval and la Tomatina
● Day for forgiveness, love, new beginnings and fun
● We meet with family and friends
● We play, dance and laugh together

5. Colours of Holi

6. Colours of Holi
● Colourful powders called gulal
● Gulal: herbs, sandalwood powder and rose petals
● Colours of Spring: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink
● Gulal is also mixed with water to play

7. Traditions of Holi

8. Holi: Day 1
● “Holi” means “burning”
● Day 1: bonfire Holika
● Like el Entierro de la Sardina!
● People dance and sing around the fire
Entierro de la Sardina
Holika

9. Holi: Day 2
● Also a celebration of Lord Krishna,
the Hindu God of love
● He loved playing with gulal → Holi
became “the festival of colours”
● Day for EVERYBODY to repair
broken friendships and play together
● Like la Tomatina festival of Valencia!
Krishna playing Holi with his friends
La Tomatina
celebrations
in Buñol

10. Holi in Bollywood

11. Match the Holi object to its name
A. Holika
A. Months of Holi
A. Gulal
A. Season of Holi
A. Meaning of Holi

12. Let’s Play a Holi Kahoot!
https://create.kahoot.it/share/the-holi-kahoot/a149e976-7651-4b27-acbe-fa44dea90846