WishesHoli wishes
Holi wishes can be playful. These are cheerful, clean and safe to send to any group.
Wishes
Happy Holi! May your life be as colourful as your clothes are about to become.
Wishing you a Holi full of colour, gujiya and friends who do not listen when you say "no colour please".
Happy Holi! Forget the old quarrels. Today everyone is the same colour anyway.
May the colours of Holi wash off your clothes but stay in your memories. Happy Holi!
Happy Holi to my family. Save some gujiya for me.
Bura na mano, Holi hai! Have a bright, happy and safe Holi.
Wishing you and your family a joyful Holi. Play safe, use gentle colours and look after your eyes.
Happy Holi, team! Enjoy the day off and come back with your natural face colour.
May the colours wash off by evening and the laughter stay all year. Happy Holi.
Saving a packet of gulal with your name on it. Come home soon. Happy Holi.
Wishing you gujiya without counting and colour without stains. Happy Holi.
हिन्दी में
होली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ। रंगों का यह त्योहार आपके जीवन में खुशियों के रंग भर दे।
होली मुबारक! गिले शिकवे भूलो और गले मिलो।
रंग बरसे, खुशियाँ बरसें, और गुजिया की थाली कभी खाली न हो। हैप्पी होली!
बुरा न मानो, होली है! आज सब माफ़, कल से फिर वही हिसाब।
आपको और आपके परिवार को होली की ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएँ। रंग खेलिए, पर सँभलकर।
लाल गुलाबी नीला पीला, आज हर चेहरा है रंगीला। होली मुबारक!
गुझिया की मिठास और अपनों का साथ, यही है होली की असली बात। होली मुबारक।
आपके आशीर्वाद का रंग हम पर सदा बना रहे। होली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ।
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Playful, with respect
Holi is the one festival whose wishes are allowed to tease. Keep the teasing for friends and cousins. For elders, teachers and seniors at work, wish with respect and a blessing asked for. The line "bura na mano, Holi hai" is said in fun, but nobody should have to put up with colour or behaviour they did not agree to, and a good wish never suggests otherwise.
Make it yours
- Recall last year: the uncle who hid, the bucket from the terrace, the gujiya that ran out.
- For someone far away: "Saving a packet of gulal for when you come."
- For a first Holi after a wedding or a baby: say so. It is a special one.
The two days
Holi begins with Holika Dahan, the bonfire on the evening before, and the colours are played the next day. Many places have their own forms and dates: Lathmar Holi in Braj, Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, Dol Jatra and Basanta Utsav in Bengal. If your friend's tradition is one of these, use its name.
A considerate Holi
- Ask before applying colour. "No" means no.
- Keep colour and water away from eyes, and from animals.
- Use colours you trust, and save water where it is scarce.
- Do not drive after drinking bhang or alcohol.
Make it yours
- A playful line suits friends. For elders, wish with respect and a blessing.
- Add "play safe" for groups with children.