Should Holi festival be banned?

The colors used in Holi are toxic and not degradable. It effects our environment and can lead to many different diseases. Holika Dehen pollutes air with harmful gases and also causes massive cutting of trees.

But the biggest reason is wastage of water. It just doesn't feel right to waste water when people in many places are suffering because of water shortage. It's highly disrespectful.

This is Bollywood forum miss environmental activist.

There are green colors which are available in the market.

Atleast holi colors are better than slaughtering sheep on roads where blood flows like a river.

This forum has clearly turned anti hindu

Not related to bollywood. And seems everyone starts worrying about environment, animals and all during hindu festivals only. Delete this thread.

Most of the metro cities and societies have moved on to using green colors and efficient utilization of water. And it's not like the wastage is happening regularly. It's once every year. Faltu ke points hai really

Why not ban Christmas ? All that gifting and unabashed consumerism is rife with use of plastic which is choking out mother earth.

New year pe fireworks ban karo.

Hyderabad mein haleem shops generate several metric tonnes of garbage which is mostly non biodegradable during the month of Ramadan. Woh bhi rok do. I think plastics and non biodegradable waste generated for a full month is a million times worse than toxic colors

Faltu ke points really

If we are banning every festival out there from every religion and culture, sure why not!

Originally posted by: AwaamKiJaan

The colors used in Holi are toxic and not degradable. It effects our environment and can lead to many different diseases. Holika Dehen pollutes air with harmful gases and also causes massive cutting of trees.

But the biggest reason is wastage of water. It just doesn't feel right to waste water when people in many places are suffering because of water shortage. It's highly disrespectful.

We have organic herbal colors which r non toxic and not harmful to the environment.

Dry twigs and branches n spare wood pieces r used for holika dahan..people collect the fallen ones or many even store these pieces if some wood work has been going on at their place n give it for Dahan.. hope u know green leaves n raw stems take time to catch fire..they aren't used in Dahan so no trees r cut. We worship live trees at their own place where they r rooted..we don't uproot them or bring them home for recreational purpose.

Kapoor and ghee r used in dahan which actually purifies the air just like yagna.

On the day of Holika Dahan, many types of medicines, herbs, liquids etc., which are put in Holika, purifies the environment. The air gets purified. The sky becomes pure. Due to which many types of diseases are destroyed.

Water wastage is wrong

Water wastage is concerning but you can't make a difference if your concern begins when Holi arrives and evaporates the moment it ends. It's an issue that demands constant work throughout the year and not the annual Holi-special activism.

Not all colors are toxic. There are environmentally friendly cornstarch-based colors available. Holi doesn't need water either. That's a newer invention. You can play Holi with dry colors only if desired.

I don't think banning is the solution. But banning sales of toxic colors and educating people to conserve water should be encouraged.

My bigger concern is Holi being used as an excuse to harass women and touch them without consent.

Here let me make this relevant to Bollywood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf92MOkrbEw

PS: Animals and their meat and blood and offal are 100% natural, environmentally safe and biodegradable, and multifunctional.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Not all colors are toxic. There are environmentally friendly cornstarch-based colors available. Holi doesn't need water either. That's a newer invention. You can play Holi with dry colors only if desired.

I don't think banning is the solution. But banning sales of toxic colors and educating people to conserve water should be encouraged.

My bigger concern is Holi being used as an excuse to harass women and touch them without consent.

Here let me make this relevant to Bollywood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf92MOkrbEw

PS: Animals and their meat and blood and offal are 100% natural, environmentally safe and biodegradable, and multifunctional.

May be 100% natural but not environmentally safe considering the tons of water and the other natural resources they consume just so that they can be killed one day. Plants and plant derived food are much more sustainable!

Ban bakri eid then we will talk.

Where innocent animals are slaughtered from cattle to even camels

The their blood is washed . Streams of blood.

Isn't that cruelty?

Isn't that environmental wastage.