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Post by sillygreen89 on Mar 23, 2012 19:13:49 GMT -5
I saw the suggestion for this in some thread that I can't seem to find now and the search function apparently hates me, but I think holi powder would be an awesome addition to the farm. If there can be an 80,000 person glowstick war, I don't think its impossible to get a small festival of colors happening in Centeroo. Also, the colors created in the fountain afterward when everyone washes off would be magical. We're already going to be covered in dust, why not make it awesome and colorful dust. This is the video that got me extremely excited about the prospect:
I'll be buying some and I'll convince the rest of my group, only about 5 people, to do the same. But, I think if we got a massive amount of people to bring the powder and have a huge color war, it could be epic. Well, that's my rant.
Quick note on the dust you buy, you have to be really careful what it is made with. I pulled this from wikipedia because I remember friends who were over in asia for the festival telling me to watch out for it. (I was suppose to go to India one year during the festival, and ended up not going.)
Synthetic colors
A young man celebrating Holi As the spring-blossoming trees that once supplied the colors used to celebrate Holi have become more rare, chemically produced industrial dyes have been used to take their place in almost all of urban India. In 2001, a fact sheet was published by the groups Toxics link and Vatavaran based in Delhi on the chemical dyes used in the festival.[10] They found safety issues with all three forms in which the Holi colors are produced: pastes, dry colors and water colors.
Their investigation found some toxic chemicals with some potentially severe health impacts. The black powders were found to contain lead oxide which can result in renal failure. The prussian blue used in the blue powder has been associated with contact dermatitis, while the copper sulphate in the green has been documented to cause eye allergies, puffiness of the eyes, or temporary blindness.[11]
A Natural Holi in Pune, an alternative to synthetic colors The colorant used in the dry colors, also called gulals, was found to be toxic, with heavy metals causing asthma, skin diseases and temporary blindness. Both of the commonly used bases—asbestos or silica—are associated with health issues.[11]
They reported that the wet colors might lead to skin discolouration and dermatitis due to their use of color concentrate gentian violet.
Lack of control over the quality and content of these colours is a problem, as they are frequently sold by vendors who do not know their origin.
The report galvanized a number of groups into promoting more natural celebrations of Holi. Development Alternatives, Delhi and Kalpavriksh,[12] Pune, The CLEAN India campaign[13] and Society for Child Development, through its Avacayam Cooperative Campaign [1] have both launched campaigns to help children learn to make their own colours for Holi from safer, natural ingredients. Meanwhile, some commercial companies such as the National Botanical Research Institute have begun to market "herbal" dyes, though these are substantially more expensive than the dangerous alternatives. However, it may be noted that many parts of rural India have always resorted to natural colours (and other parts of festivities more than colours) due to availability reasons.
Post by fromthebark on Mar 24, 2012 5:42:15 GMT -5
i have a strange feeling that not everyone is going to want to get that crap all over them. dont get me wrong it looks like itd be fun as heck. but someone is liable to punch you if you throw it on the wrong person or it gets in someones camera or something.. maybe there could be a dedicated area of people just for having a holi powder party..
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Post by sillygreen89 on Mar 25, 2012 7:37:54 GMT -5
I wasn't planning on just blasting random people in the face with colored powder, I was interested to see if anyone would want to do something like the Utah video where it was timed and everyone just kinda threw it into the air making awesome color clouds. Thought Bonnaroo would be awesome for this, guess I'm going to Utah.
(1) Damon Albarn (2) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (3) King Khan & His Shrines (4) Ty Segall (5) Ms Lauryn Hill (6) Darkside (7) Kanye (8) Janelle Monae (9) Goat (10) Meshuggah.
Again i feel like there needs to be a large group of people doing this, like a real large group. If like 10 or so people just do this and throw this colored powder up i'm not sure the rest of the people around us would be too happy. Another reason i want to get like 20 and hand them out to everyone i see
(1) Damon Albarn (2) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (3) King Khan & His Shrines (4) Ty Segall (5) Ms Lauryn Hill (6) Darkside (7) Kanye (8) Janelle Monae (9) Goat (10) Meshuggah.
Is it just me, or would this be perfect for Grouplove?
I was also thinking fun. during the last chorus of an epic fan favorite like We Are Young?? And yes, handing some out to people around you is a great idea
I'm in. For buying holi powder check out local Indian supermarkets the one by me always carries it during holi season, not sure if they would carry it other times of the year. Next time at one I'll look for some and update here. I feel beach boys wouldbe the best time to do it but let's set something up where everyone will agree on.
(1) Damon Albarn (2) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (3) King Khan & His Shrines (4) Ty Segall (5) Ms Lauryn Hill (6) Darkside (7) Kanye (8) Janelle Monae (9) Goat (10) Meshuggah.
