Soaked in ‘gulal’ and swaying to the tunes of ‘Rang Barse,’ Hyderabadis trooped onto the streets of the city on Monday to celebrate Holi and as the day progressed, rang, bhaang and masti simply flooded all corners of the city.
Almost in all pockets of Hyderabad, residential societies organised their own little dos. From the narrow lanes of Old City to the plush corners of Banjara Hills, the bright colours of Holi were visible everywhere. Vendors selling gulal and colours in Ameerpet were cheerful at the good sales this year. Said one of them, “There was some enthusiasm among people last year too but this year the spirit is really high. People are buying colours in huge quantities.”
City old-timers said this time the festival was more of a social event. “It was mostly the youth who indulged in such festivities, not much of a family event,” said S Manju a resident of L B Nagar. In the last 28 years, Manju says, this is the first time she saw people of her locality get together for the festival of colour. “We have never celebrated Holi before. But now with a lot of our neighbours being from north India, we thought it would be nice to have a Holi gathering.”
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hyderabad-soaks-in-Holi-colours/articleshow/5631655.cms
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