Rainbow Fish

You know its going to be a good day when you wake up and immediately start filling water balloons. This good day happened to be last Sunday for PHAGWAH!!! Phagwah is a Hindu holiday that is celebrated to show “ your blood is my blood and lets share with each other”. People play with powder that is like colored baby powder and water filled with dye to color your skin and clothes with the meaning. If you stand outside you will see the brightest colors all over people, as well as water dripping off of them non-stop.

Last year I was in Georgetown playing with the President…this year I got to be with all my favorite kiddos! The city water comes on in the morning and then again at 12..so this is the time that most of the watering begins. I answered the door to water guns and kids who drenched. I tried to avoid getting soaked as long as I could, but at some point in the morning I had to walk down the street to see some friends.. As it turns out there is no way to avoid buckets of water with 16 children just waiting for you to leave your home. I think it’s one of the funniest feelings you can have; walking down the road as children come running at you with water and dye!
Even though I was soaked, I officially started playing at 12 when the water came back on. Throwing colored powder, smooshing it in peoples hair, taking buckets and washtubs and pitchers full of water and blasting it at children…and they did not hold back. It was the biggest and longest water/powder fight…. this year though I didn’t come out like rainbow fish!!!
If you’ve never had a big water fight with children, plan one. There is nothing like it in the worllllllld.


Peace, Love and Phagwah!