Wyndham Holi - Festival of Colours 2016

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Sat 26 Mar 2016

**Saturday 26 March 2016, 11am to 9pm
Presidents Park, Cnr McGrath & Heaths Rd, Wyndham Vale
Fireworks at 8pm**
The Holi Festival of Colours has grown in popularity among people of all cultures. It's looked upon as a fun time when coloured powder flies through the air as everyone gets dowsed in it.

Young people enjoy it as something fun to do with their friends, even if it's not their culture. The important thing is that it's celebrated with the true intent that traditionally marks the occasion.

Holi is celebrated on the full moon day falling in the month of Phalguna. Phalguna is a month in the Hindu calendar, the 12th month of the year that corresponds with Feb/Mar in the Gregorian calendar.

Traditionally it's a 3 day festival and originally related to a spring festival of fertility and harvest. It also marks some Hindu legends. In a nutshell, Holi relates to Holika, a female demon who was the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashyap.


To keep it condensed, the demon king was inflated with his own importance and thought of himself as a God, expecting everyone to worship him. However his son Prahalad refused and remained a faithful devotee of the God Vishnu. In anger he tried to kill his son in many ways, with no success. This responsibility then fell on his sister Holika who had been given a magic power by the Gods that made her immune to fire.

She seized Prahalad and sat in the middle of a fire with him in her lap. Prahalad kept praying to Vishnu and was spared while Holika was burnt to ashes fo rmisusing her given powers for evil. King Hiranyakashyap was killed by Vishnu and Prahad ruled in his father's place.

To celebrate this story, large bonfires are built and a dummy of Holika is burned on the fire. The moral of the story and celebration being, good always wins over evil. The best part about Holi is that all distinctions of caste, class, age and gender are suspended, making everyone equal, and that indeed is a worthy reason to celebrate.


Celebrate you will, at the Wyndham Holi - Festival of Colours , Saturday 26 March 2016 from 11am to 9pm at Presidents Park, Corner of McGrath Road and Heaths Road, Wyndham Vale.

This free entry family friendly celebration is a great start to the Easter break. With ten hours of entertainment, there'll be 'live' performances, lots of children's entertainment, delicious food stalls, and of course the colour run. Make sure you bring the whole family, gather your friends and join in this event that intends to spread the message of peace and harmony and bring together the community that is multi-cultural Australia.


Jasbir Jassi is one of the headline acts that will be performing on the day. A Punjabi singer and actor, he's performed in at least 5000 shows in 70 different countries around the world. To follow his passion he quit engineering to study classical music and holds a Masters degree in classical vocal music. With a string of hit albums and musical plays, this talented performer is known as 'The Show Stopper' for his dynamic performances.

Tania Zaetta is not only an Aussie Action Girl, she's also a Bollywood Star. She broke into the world's largest film industry and landed leading roles in 4 consecutive hit Bollywood films. Another of her career highlights was landing one of the six leading roles in the world's most watched TV series 'Baywatch'. A media personality and television presenter among many other talents, she'll be performing at the Holi Festival as well.


With so much more to look forward to at this second successive major celebration, be sure to have the date marked on your calendar. You can also stay updated via the Facebook page and Facebook Event page .

Last but not least, this event is also part of a fund raising effort to support this organisations local charity, the Mercy Foundation and Hospital.

To bring the night to a close, 8pm will bring on spectacular fireworks for all to sit back and enjoy.



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