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    Holi Was Not Like This

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    Sunil Aswal
    March3/ 2023

    Vijay Garg Holi contains the melody of life. Till now we have been seeing Holi as it is, but now Holi is sad. The zeal and enthusiasm is missing. Perhaps it got the eye of the 'new age'. 'New Age' means, new thinking and new lifestyle. When the lifestyle changes, the way of celebrating festivals also changes. However, it is not only about Holi, but it is more or less the same with every festival. Since Holi has a deep connection with folk-life, folk-culture with the intimacy of relationships and its warmth.Bright colors were visible in it, so it takes more years for the color of Holi to fade. Now neither the melody of brotherhood and mutual harmony nor the color of folk culture remains in Holi. Once upon a time, as soon as the festival of Holi approached, the beats of Dholak and the songs of Fag on the manjirs started resonating all around. Fag's melody mixed with Vasanti Bayar used to be at the peak of emotionality. It felt as if the whole universe was dancing. But modernity has taken its toll. The talk of the city is far away, now even in the rural environment, the beat of the dholak is not heard along with the melody of Phag.I have to There was a time, when Fagua's gathering used to be decorated in someone's hallway. People from all walks of life would participate in that gathering. There was a solid arrangement of syrup-water and color-gulal. Someone singing 'Hori' used to strike in a simple voice, then someone else would support him by holding his strike. Then it would be repeated with intensity for a long time in different voices. People would also have different expressions in the chorus of Phag. This would have been a special attraction for the children. Some would cross their legs and beat like a drum on both knees, while oth ...

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