Class Notes NCERT Solutions for CBSE Students
Paragraph on Holi: Long and Short Paragraph on Holi
We have provided below some short and long paragraphs on holi for the use of students. Students are generally assigned by their teachers to write paragraph on holi during the occurrence of festival to check their knowledge about holi, class tests or exam time. Following holi paragraphs may help students studying in lower classes like 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in completing their task. It also helps teachers to enhance the English writing skill and knowledge of their students about any topic. Such paragraphs are written in easy words and simple sentences. You can select anyone of these paragraphs:
Paragraphs on Holi
Holi Paragraph [1]
Holi is a most entertaining festival of India. It is also known as festival of colors as we play with colors at this festival. Holi is a Hindu festival celebrated with lots of joy by the Hindu people all over India as well as abroad where Hindu population is found. Holi falls in the spring season (in Chaitra month) after the winter season. It is one of the happiest religious festivals of the Hindus. It is also celebrated by some non-Hindus to enjoy this festival as a spring festival of love and colors. In this season nature shows its real beauty and everywhere looks very dazzling with pleasant environment.
Holi Paragraph [2]
Holi is a religious Hindu festival celebrated with lots of preparations in the month of Phalgun. People celebrate it as a two days festival; first day as Holika Dahan and second day as colorful Holi. At Holika Dahan, they burn a heap of sticks, straws and cow-dung cakes lying in the mid of streets in the late evening or night. And, next day in the morning, they celebrate as a colorful Holi by playing colors with friends, family members and neighbors. It is the happiest festival especially for the kids as they get new clothes and delicious recipes.
Their faces become colorful with colored powders. People of all age group enjoy this festival without any limitation of cast and creed. This is the festival when we see no difference among people as everyone looks colorful. Some people play it with water or mud by jumping, dancing and singing loudly on the beat of drums. After playing Holi, they take bath; wear new clothes and go to meet their friends and neighbors.
Holi Paragraph [3]
Holi is a religious and most significant festival of the Hindus. It is a festival of joy, also known as festival of colors. It distributes the message of unity and friendship among people in order to remove all the differences in the society. At this day, people forget their quarrels and differences and enjoy this festival with each other. Some people enjoy this festival however some get drunk and involve in bad activities.
People play colors on the street by singing Holi songs and dancing on the music together with their family, friends and neighbors. After noon, people visit homes of each other and apply abeer to the forehead. At this day, people enjoy delicious foods and sweets.
Holi Paragraph [4]
Holi is a religious Hindu festival. It has its own religious significance of celebration. Popularly, it known as Phagua or festival of colors or Dol Purnima (in West Bengal). Generally, it falls in the month of March (Hindi month-Phalgun). It is two days long festival; first day celebrated as Holika Dahan and second day as colorful Holi. There is a myth of burning Holika at Holika Dahan by setting fire to the large heap of woods, co-dung cakes, etc. Women of the houses perform different types of rituals at Holika Dahan according to their culture and tradition. Celebration of Holi related to the Hiranyakashyap, Prahlad and Holika.
On the next day, people spray colored water on each other on the streets to celebrate colorful holi. At this day, no one becomes angry and play with each other. Also, people gets involved in cleaning homes, arranging goods for delicious recipes, purchasing, etc from few days ago. At some places, there is a ritual of drinking thandai as cold drink.
Holi Paragraph [5]
Holi is a most popular festival of India. It celebrated in each corner of the country with great enthusiasm. One of the important Hindu festivals celebrated with lots of colors and fun. People perform a ritual of Holika Dahan a night before the colorful holi in the myth of burning their all the sin of past year. Burning Holika belongs to the king Hiranyakashyap and his son Prahlad.
There is a big story behind the celebration of Holi festival. There a Prahlad (son of Hiranyakashyap) used to worship Lord Vishnu however he forced to worship his own father but he denied. His father became very angry and decided to kill his own son by various means. One of the means killing his son through his sister by sitting in the fire as she booned to remain unharmed from fire. Unfortunately, due to the blessings of Lord Vishnu, Prahlad saved however Holika (his Aunt) burned. From that time, people celebrate Holika Dahan to be healthy and happy by burning their sin. And, in the next morning, they celebrate colorful holi to show their happiness.
Holi Paragraph [6]
Holi is a favourite festival of everyone especially for children. They enjoy holi festival a lot with colors, friends, delicious foods and so many things. They start making stock of colors, balloons, pichkari, and other necessary things to enjoy holi. People generally play with red color as they like it most. The most enjoyable thing at holi is that people enjoy preparing and eating gujiya, dahi bade, chips, etc. The celebration of holi varies according to the place and culture. At some places, there is a tradition of playing holi in white dress and putting abeer at forehead in the evening and hug each other to show their love, affection and brotherhood to each other.
Holi Paragraph [7]
Holi is a festival of colors falls in the month of March. It is a significant festival shows love, brotherhood and unity among people. Holi indicates the triumph of goodness over bad. It celebrated with lots of fun and frolic activities all through the country. It adorns everyone in the colorful colors and mixes them in the bond of brotherhood all through the day. They forget their differences and bad behavior and play holi by throwing colors over them, applying abeer on forehead and hugging each other. There are many legends behind celebration of holi festival such as Hiranyakashyap, Prahlad and Holika; Radha and Krishna.
Holi Paragraph [8]
Holi festival celebrated in India by the people to get rejuvenated after the months of winter season. People meet, hug, apply abeer on forehead, play color, visit their homes together, eat delicious foods, wear new clothes, etc activities at holi. It increases the bond of love, friendship and unity among people. People perform Holika Dahan in the myth to burn their all the sin of past year and get new blessings from Holika. According to the Hindu calendar, it falls in the month of Phalgun on a full moon day. It is the greatest festival of Hindus indicates the triumph of good over evil.
