Friends of India Calls for Sponsors, Early Tickets for June’s Kite and Color Festival
Image from Kite and Color Day in 2024. Photo by Daniel Winner
BY CLYDE HUGHES | AC JosepH Media
MILLVILLE — The local Friends of India Society announced it is offering early-bird tickets and sponsorship opportunities for its 17th annual Kite and Color Festival celebrating two Hindu festivals, which will take place in Saturday June 14 at the Cumberland Park Fairgrounds, Yogesh Thakur, told Front Runner New Jersey.com.
The celebration includes kite flying, color splash water sprinklers, a bonfire and Bollywood music and dance, to name a few of the activities, said a flyer about the event, according to Thakur, a local realtor and co-organizer.
The Kite & Color Festival is a mashup of two Hindu festivals: Holi and Makar Sankranti. Holi, also known as the “Festival of Colors,” is an especially popular observance among the international Indian diaspora.
Celebrated on March 25 in 2024, Holi commemorates the eternal love between Radha and Krishna, as well as the triumph of good versus evil. The holiday is celebrated with non-toxic colored powder called “gulal.” Participants throw various colors of gulal at each other, creating a vibrant crowd of people reminiscent of blooming spring flowers.
Holi, also known as the “Festival of Colors,” is an especially popular observance among the international Indian diaspora. Celebrated on March 25 this year, Holi commemorates the eternal love between Radha and Krishna, as well as the triumph of good versus evil. The holiday is celebrated with non-toxic colored powder called “gulal.” Participants throw various colors of gulal at each other, creating a vibrant crowd of people reminiscent of blooming spring flowers.
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Makar Sankranti, also called Sankranti, was observed on January 15 in 2024 and marks the sun’s transition into the zodiac sign Makara, known in the West as Capricorn. Hindus often honor the sun deity Surya on this day in remembrance of the sun’s journey from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere. The occasion is often celebrated with festivals featuring fireworks, bonfires and flying kites.
For tickets, sponsorship and additional information, contact Thakur at 856-503-6606 or Alkesh at 856-364-1056.
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