Celebrate The Colors Of Joy In Your Life.

Dancing Elephants prompt 6 of 52

Colors of joy!

I love to celebrate!

How do we celebrate the colors of joy in life?

Color does not just mean blue, pink, green, black, or white, but the word can also mean something of interest, like something of culture or behavior.

If you want to see some local color in town you should go to a cafe where all the locals hang out.

A good experience on your travel will color how you feel about it for the rest of the journey

When you see a beautiful art piece and enjoy it you celebrate the colors of joy.

When you celebrate a festival with fun and have found it has brought you happiness it is the celebration of colors.

When you like a particular kind of food that you found joyful it is the color of joy in our lives.

When you see flowers around you, celebrate the colors of joy.

You can celebrate the colors of joy with nature.

The rainbow is a celebration of colors.

Colors play an important role in our lives. They influence our thinking, inspire our decision-making, and impact our moods.

Colors are very powerful. They bring changes in our reactions. They can be used for both good and evil.

For this prompt, we are going to think of:

COLORS OF JOY

Consider this quotation

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words for.” ~Georgia O’Keeffe

My colors of joy

This year I celebrated nature a lot. I enjoyed the flowers, the rivers, the moon, and the sun.

I celebrated the culture and diversity of the country.

I celebrated the colors of joy in my travels. I traveled outside my country to Turkey, the USA, Canada, and Thailand.

In India, I traveled to Puducherry formerly Pondicherry where a strong French community exists. Then I traveled to Himachal.

For me, these travels were my colors of joy as they brought me a lot of happiness. I met so many people and made friends and explored different destinations. I understood the diversity of different nations and how people live and react.

I celebrated many festivals like Holi with the colors of joy, Teej with the colors of greenery in nature, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dussera, Diwali, Onam, Teej, and now Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s birthday. Each festival was very dear to me. They were my colors of joy.

One of the festivals that really bring joy to our lives is Durga Puja, It belongs to the Bengal region but we now celebrate it in the whole country.

My house help is from Bengal so she coaxed me to go to the grand and beautiful parks decked up with flowers and big stages and tents to see the idols of Durga.

It was wonderful to celebrate it. The celebration of good over evil.

The women were looking radiant in their lovely Bengali sarees, it is a feast to see them. They look gorgeous. Young boys in their dressy new kurtas and girls in beautiful dresses and even grandmothers and grandfathers are walking slowly and enjoying the festivities.

There was plenty to eat. So many Bengali specialties in different stalls and many other things to buy even before we reached the stage. They are called pavilions (Pandals in India).

Durga Puja is a ten-day festival observed in India with the victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasur, symbolizing the victory of good over evil.

Every year the pavilions/pandals, are made. These are decorative structures. Pavilions are booked three months in advance. 45 days before the festival the decorators begin their work.

The structures for housing the idol, are made with a lot of enthusiasm by those localities where there are more Bengalis. Each pavilion must outdo the other. They are ostentatious but very artistic.

Bengal is known for its art and creativity. There are competitions for the best and most unique pavilion. These pandals have various themes from pop culture to traditional ones. They are all colorful and full of joy.

There are several programs held and my house help excitedly took me around.

The picture above has so many artistic Durgas! we took the Holy blessings and spent time at the pavilion watching the prayers going on and so many people giving their time at the pavilion to serve other people. Then we went to the next pavilion.

Look at the floor art too. Every pavilion was full of colors of joy on the floor, wall, figures, and gates of each pavilion were specially designed.

The art was amazing this year. Moreover, all the figures were organic and would not spoil the rivers when they went for immersion.

This year, the Durga Puja was particularly special it was included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage List UNESCO, on December 2021

It was evening and the people had decorated their homes with beautiful lanterns. Their homes were looking amazing with lovely lights. Seeing the atmosphere full of colors of joy.

I remembered the quote:

“Live a colorful, musical life, with great acts and interactions. Feed your soul the best food it’s ever had with positive inspirations and positive people”- Monica Patrick

Walking through the path I took another picture of the twinkling lights. I met all the people enjoying the colors of joy in their lives. There was no caste creed or gender differences. This was one place that was very colorful and joyful for all.

To wrap up

It made my day. I spent a great time learning about people. It made the colors of joy in my life fulfilling way. I brought joy and happiness to my house help who would not have been able to go on her own.

I saw colorful dresses, happy faces, joyful chatter, and color, on the floors, pavilion, idols, and all. Truly it was colors of joy.

What are your colors of joy? Do write about it.

For this week’s prompt, please remember to:

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