Holi Festival - March 30th, 2024

12th Lafayette Holi - Saturday, March 30th, 2024

11:00 AM, Girard Park, Lafayette, LA

Lafayette Holi Festival

Festival of Colors

HOLI is a colorful festival that is open to everyone and is held annually at Girard Park in Lafayette.

Highlights of the festival include music with a live DJ, dance, performances, drummer (Dholi), exchange of colors, and lots of delicious Indian food for all to enjoy!

Acadiana Indian Association brings this unforgettable experience to you in the form of Lafayette Holi every year on last Saturday of March. Its been a Lafayette tradition since 2011.

Many Colors of the Holi Festival

Holi is celebrated by Hindus in India and throughout the world. It marks the passage of winter and commemorates the beginning of Spring.

Holi is usually in March on the last full moon of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month.

While it is traditionally celebrated in Southeast Asia, it has come to be enjoyed by everyone worldwide.

The Holi festival is also rooted in Hindu mythology and celebrates the triumph of good over evil.

Today, Holi is an occasion for family, friends and community to come together to celebrate, dance and feast together.

In the original tradition, people celebrate Holi by splashing water mixed with brilliant colors on anyone passing by. Often, the splashed colored liquids are replaced by fluorescently colored powders.

Meaning behind Colors of Holi

Blue is the color of the gods.

Green is the color of nature.

Red is the color of festivals and weddings, and signifies passion.

Yellow signifies warmth.

Orange is the color of ambition.

Holi Proclamation

On March 29, 2014, Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel officially proclaimed the last Saturday of March to be celebrated as Lafayette Holi Festival.

Holi 2024 Sponsors

Holi 2024 Flyer

Holi 2024 Announcement

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