Texas A&M University-Kingsville embraces culture and diversity as students organized the Annual Festival of Colors, March 21, in Mesquite Grove.
Each year the Association of Indian Students (ISA) hosts the Festival of Colors.
The Festival of Colors is dedicated to celebrate Holi, a traditional Indian holiday that celebrates the death of evil and the victory of good in the world.
The Indian festival lasts for two days, it initiates with a bonfire the day before Holi and concludes by promoting optimistic thoughts and good vibes. The bonfire symbolizes the burning of impurities and the colors represent the good within society.
“It is also sometimes called the ‘festival of colors’ as on this day people get to unite together forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feeling towards each other. It is celebrated by throwing colors at each other,” according to a TAMUK press release.
The vibrant colors used in Holi promote joy and goodness into the lives of those who participate in this festival. During the festival students were seen enthusiastically spreading positivity into each other’s lives by throwing a combination of yellow, purple, pink and orange colors at each other.
“We are celebrating Holi, this is a festival of colors…the colors represent the death of evilness and welcome positiveness,” said Shweta Kudale, an Electrical Engineer major.
The event was open to all students and offered students from different religious backgrounds an opportunity to come together and receive a cultural enriching experience.
The combining of cultures allows for students to become aware of different ethnicities and develop an open mind towards different cultures.
“[It] celebrates different cultures, it’s a collusion of religions, basically Holi depicts the death of evilness we make the day before and the next day we use colors to celebrate,” said Chaitanya Rames Hapase, a Comupter Science major.
