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Googley..Phagwa and Pichakaaree

The festival of colour is approaching, and participants have two weekends to observe this festive occasion.
That is because while the actual Phagwa day falls on March 25, some Hindu organisations have cho­­sen to celebrate the weekend before, and others the weekend after.
The Hindu Prachar Kendra, led by its president, Geeta Ramsingh (Vahini), will be observing this sacred and festive tradition on March 24. Ramsingh said the decision to observe the festival on March 24 is based on the Kendra’s guiding principal to observe the occasion on the nearest weekend.

One of the most iconic features of the Kendra’s Phagwa celebration is the Pichakaaree competition.
“Pichakaaree is the singing of local Phagwa songs, mainly in English, with the compulsory use of Hindi words and phrases that are part of our common vocabulary,” Ramsingh said.

In reply to sgtdjones

You going home for the celebration? You can't play holi in the snow!!!

In reply to googley

To busy ...fiscal year end and collecting pictures when I visited Antarctica for sons at University.
Now if I can only figure out which hard drive its on...sigh.

Titan turns snow yellow...

She is king Sheppard with wolf...have 4 of them like her always sniffing the air for coyotes on farm.