STUDENTS of Queen’s College celebrated Phagwah on Thursday, as the school’s Hindu Society hosted its annual Phagwah show and celebrations.

Beginning at 13:00hrs, the show featured an afternoon of storytelling, dancing and singing in observance of the national holiday. Hindus were joined by the wider school population in celebrating the Holi (or Phagwah as it is normally called).

Holi is observed for many reasons. It signals the beginning of spring and is called the festival of colours and it is also called the festival of love, because of the timeless love story of the Gods: Radha and Krishna. It also advances the triumph of good over evil.

This year, the show was structured around the classic ‘Radha Krishna’ love story. As in Bollywood movies, songs and dances would be cohesively weaved into the story enacted by the students.

Upon the completion of the formal programme, the ‘tassa’ drums signalled the commencement of the most anticipated aspect of the day’s celebrations- i.e., playing Phagwah on the lawns.

Here, all students came together to douse each other in water or smear their friends’ faces with the coloured powder.

According to the President of the Society and Sixth Form student, Akarshini Singh, “The show brought out the spirit of Holi in the college and united the student population.”