Ho Li 2015 at NCSSM

Ho Li is an annual Indian festival that celebrates the coming of Spring.  NCSSM has for several years hosted a festival of our own, along with local universities such as UNC Chapel Hill and Duke. The event, which takes place near campus on Maryland Field, is celebrated with homemade powders of various colors that are thown up in the air, forming beautiful colorful patterns in the air.  At Ho Li, everyone gets a couple of bowl-fuls of powder (this is your alottment) that they can release into the air, but most people attempt to *playfully* go after their friends or really anyone around them and blow, flick, or wipe powder to color them a beautiful color.  The powder is especially sticky to skin, hair, and clothes, so it is greatly advised that participants wear white colored T-shirts and shorts they don't intend to wear again.  All in all, Ho Li is a fun, stress-free chance to celebrate the coming of spring and the end of winter- and what better way to do it but by spending an afternoon outside with friends, coloring each other beautiful colors and then taking a whole bunch of pictures afterwards?