New Brunswick Library One of the Top 10 Best Places to Celebrate Holi

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The New Brunswick public library will be celebrating its 8th annual Indian Holi Festival this Saturday, April 1 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Holi is an exuberant festival of colors usually celebrated in the month of March. USA Today ranked the New Brunswick library as one of the Top 10 Best Places in the U.S. to celebrate Holi (see the full rankings here).

Originally called Holika, Holi is meant to be a festival that brings people together. Meeting and greeting friends and relatives and exchanging sweets and gifts are integral parts of Holi. The celebration will begin at 1:00 p.m. with Mehndi, the Indian henna tattoo that is applied to the hands. From 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., there will be a display of regional dresses, an Indian jewelry display, children’s activities, free raffle and music and dance performances by Rutgers students and Kalyanni Performing Arts Education. In addition, a variety of Indian food and delicacies will be provided for sampling.

At the end of the program, Holi color play (throwing colored powder) will take place on the library’s front lawn (weather permitting). If you want to participate in color play, please understand that we will be unable to have you back inside the library building. Also, be sure to wear old clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty! Please come and join us for this wonderful, family-friendly community event, which is free and open to the public.

For more information about this event, please contact librarian Kavita Pandey at 732-745-5108 x20 or kavita@lmxac.org or visit www.nbfpl.org/events.html#special.