Вокзал в Захони (Венгрия). Photo by Religious Tourism
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It is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia. In recent years the festival has spread to parts of Europe and North America as a spring celebration of love and colours.The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring end of winter and is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest.
Some of these widows are celebrating Holi for the first time.
Breaking away from the societal pressures, thousands of Indian widows take part in playing Holi - a Hindu festival of colours - in the northern city of Vrindavan.
Suhag Shukla knows that’s how some people outside Hinduism see her religion. As the head of the Hindu American Foundation, Shukla, 42, clarifies misconceptions all the time. Hinduism is ancient, though there is no specific date for when it was formed. The name is a Sanskrit word; Hinduism and Hindu were coined by invaders who used the terms to refer to the people they encountered when they crossed the Hindu Kush mountains and arrived at the Indus River.
Antiquities shouldn’t be bought and sold in private collections’ … Mark Altaweel examines objects from the Institute of Archaeology’s collections in London. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian
When Mark Altaweel agreed to hunt for ‘blood antiquities’ in London dealerships, he was expecting more of a challenge. But as the archaeologist discovered, relics from the ruins of Palmyra and Nimrud are now on display in British shops – and so far no-one has worked out how to stop it