This is a brief summary of the Indian holiday of Holi. I share about the origins of the holiday, the traditions and celebrations, and the foods that are often made.

*CORRECTION: In this episode I talk about how Hinduism is a polytheistic religion, when in reality the gods and goddesses of Hinduism are actually embodiments of one main god. Thus is appears polytheistic, but the system of Hinduism is monotheistic. 

Special thanks to Aarti and Aditya for their help in answering some questions for this episode!

Here is a short video on the story of Holika.

All other resources used in making this episode can be found here. 

Transcript for this episode.

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