Holi is a beautifully colourful, ancient, Hindu celebration. It takes on many names and represents many things. Festival of Spring, Festival of Colours, or Festival of Love signify the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring and the blossoming of love.
Holi is a beautifully colourful, ancient, Hindu celebration. It takes on many names and represents many things. Festival of Spring, Festival of Colours, or Festival of Love signify the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring and the blossoming of love.
It is best known for the bright and colourful powder that celebrators throw at each other. There are four main powder colours and they each represent something different. Red symbolises love and fertility; yellow is the colour of turmeric, a spice native to India and often used as a natural remedy; blue symbolises the Hindu God Krishna, the colour of his skin; and green is for new beginnings.
But this is just one part of Holi – the event is split into two: Holika Dahan and Rangwali Holi. During Holika Dahan, the first night, wood and dung-cakes are burnt to signify good defeating evil (Hindu God Vishnu burning the devil Holika to death).
The story really starts at the Furniture Cave on Kings Road, where our founder’s family sold a collection of English antiques in the 1970s & 1980s. Surrounded by his parent’s fine pieces of traditional furniture and collectibles, our founder Christo developed a fine eye for craftsmanship. Inspired by the beauty of the past, Christo decided to search for old things in need of new love.
