BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.193968@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20190107T171114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T171114Z LOCATION:To Be Determined SUMMARY:Holi DESCRIPTION:Holi\, the festival of colors\, celebrates the coming of sprin g throughout India and the new harvest of the winter crop. It is celebrat ed over two days\, Holi and Dhuleti\, also known as chhoti holi and badi holi. Celebrations begin on the full moon night of the Hindu month of Pha lgun\, when large bonfires are lit to cleanse the air of evil spirits and to symbolize the destruction of Holika\, for whom the festival is named. Newly harvested grains\, coconuts\, and sweets are thrown into the fire as offerings\, followed by singing and dancing around the bonfire. When t he fire dies down\, water is splashed on the embers\, and everyone applie s the ash to their forehead. Some of the ash is kept in the home to apply to children's foreheads to protect them against evil throughout the year . The following day is the festival of colors\, a riotous and exuberant c elebration of throwing colored powder\, or gulal\, on friends and sprayin g them with colored water\, playing games\, folk dancing\, singing\, feas ting\, and general merrymaking.\n\n\nRecognizing the Festival/Holiday: Hi ndus do not eat meat or drink alcoholic beverages. Most are strict vegeta rians. "God bless you with prosperity and happiness" or "I wish you happi ness and prosperity" are appropriate greetings for all Hindu holidays.\n\ n\nThis calendar listing is intended to provide information about the nam ed cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actual campus event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it will be listed separately on the master calendar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Ho li\, the festival of colors\, celebrates the coming of spring throughout India and the new harvest of the winter crop. It is celebrated over two d ays\, Holi and Dhuleti\, also known as chhoti holi and badi holi. Celebra tions begin on the full moon night of the Hindu month of Phalgun\, when l arge bonfires are lit to cleanse the air of evil spirits and to symbolize the destruction of Holika\, for whom the festival is named. Newly harves ted grains\, coconuts\, and sweets are thrown into the fire as offerings\ , followed by singing and dancing around the bonfire. When the fire dies down\, water is splashed on the embers\, and everyone applies the ash to their forehead. Some of the ash is kept in the home to apply to children' s foreheads to protect them against evil throughout the year. The followi ng day is the festival of colors\, a riotous and exuberant celebration of throwing colored powder\, or gulal\, on friends and spraying them with c olored water\, playing games\, folk dancing\, singing\, feasting\, and ge neral merrymaking.</p>\n<p>Recognizing the Festival/Holiday: Hindus do no t eat meat or drink alcoholic beverages. Most are strict vegetarians. "Go d bless you with prosperity and happiness" or "I wish you happiness and p rosperity" are appropriate greetings for all Hindu holidays.</p>\n<p><spa n>This calendar listing is intended to provide information about the name d cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actual campus event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it will be listed separately on the master calendar.</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190322 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR