Holi - The festival of Colour

Today - 16th of March is Holi . This is a Hindu celebration and a National Holiday in Nepal.  I think it signifies then end of winter and a joy of the colours of spring .
Basically the concept is to cover people in coloured powder and chuck water balloons at each other.
There was full on warfare between our orphanage and the next door neighbours . Everyone chucking balloons from their roofs , you don't want to have to be wandering the streets this day.
I was soaked through before I even reached the orphans home . After about an hour the balloons and plastic bags were used up so then it was just dumping buckets and basins of water ! And really manky , dirty water too ...
It was all really good natured thankfully . In between the four hours I was there , we managed a recon mission to the ice cream shop too. Some of the kids had finished their cones but there was left overs so they were licking it straight off their dirty wee hands . Glad they have good immune systems .
May not ever get the colour/dye out of my clothes ...