Holi Festival Celebrated with Zeal in Nepal's Hills and Mountains

Kathmandu. The Fagu Purnima, or Holi festival, is being celebrated today with great enthusiasm in the Himalayan and hilly districts through the exchange of colors and water balloons.

The Fagu festival, which arrives with the advent of spring, carrying a message of mutual harmony and goodwill, is an ancient tradition. While this festival was celebrated in a rather boisterous manner in the Kathmandu Valley a few years ago, it has recently started becoming more civilized due to the active role of the police.