Holi

Today starts a Hindu festival known as Holi. As part of the celebration, they take the morning tomorrow as an opportunity to "give color." To the best of my understanding, the American translation is "paint fight." All of the shops are closed, as well as public transportation. Todd and I are planning to hide in our apartment until the late afternoon when it should all be over. It isn't that I don't want to embrace the Indian culture, it's just that I don't want to ruin any of my clothes with a layer of paint. Oh, and Todd read something in the newspaper that implied that sometimes people use cheaper paints that aren't the safest to get on your skin. I want to avoid that too.