Living in an international community means that we have a diverse, international group of friends. Oliver and William have a friend Anvita, who is from India. At the end of March the festival of Holi is celebrated in India. It involves getting covered in multi coloured paint and lots of dancing. Anvita's family invited us to celebrate Holi with them at their home. They delayed the celebrations until April so that the party could be held outside. When we arrived we were greeted by having paint powder wiped on our cheeks and were told 'happy Holi'.
As more and more people arrived everyone just covered each other with paint. Once everyone had arrived the dancing started and Sam had a lesson in Indian dancing.
We had been told that the festival can include throwing water but they had decided not to do it this year. However, the children had other ideas! By the time we tucked in to some delicious Indian snacks we were all soaking wet!
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