This article was published on March 12, 2015 and may be out of date. To maintain our historical record, The Cascade does not update or remove outdated articles.
By Mitch Huttema (The Cascade)
Gurvir Gill of UFV’s Baker House organized and hosted the Holi event on Friday, March 6, 2015. Holi, an annual spring festival, originated in India as Holika. At the time of its origin, skin colour was very important to one’s social status. Legend tells that one day a man of darker skin took gulal (the coloured powder) and smeared it on his friends, saying, “Now we’re all coloured.” The Holi event was organized to be a part of UFV’s Anti-Racism Month, which takes place over March.
