The Hindu Holiday Holi 缤纷印度色彩节
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- 创建于 2013年3月14日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2013年3月14日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Children run down the street laughing wildly and throw red and blue liquid on a stranger. At first, the man is surprised, but in an instant he smiles because he knows it’s Holi. This spring festival is all about forgetting the worries of life and painting the town, literally. Because revelers throw colored powders and bright tinted water all over each other, Holi is often called the festival of colors.
孩子在街上奔跑、纵情大笑，并将红色和蓝色的液体洒向一名陌生人。一开始这位男子很吃惊，但他立刻笑了，因为他知道这是好丽(Holi)节。这个春天的庆典就是要忘却所有生活的烦恼和大肆狂欢（将城市染色）。由于狂欢的人们将彩粉和有染料的彩水全洒向彼此，因此好丽节常被称为色彩节。
Holi is celebrated on the day after the last full moon of winter, mostly in India and Nepal. Although it originally honored good harvests and beginning of spring, there are now ties to Hindu legend. As the myth goes, the king of demons’ son, Prahlada, chose to worship Lord Vishnu, rather than his own father. Angered by this, the king of demons tried to kill his own son. However, by continuing to give prayers to Vishnu, Prahlada was kept safe. Finally, the king’s sister, Holika, tried to burn Prahlada, but she was the one who burnt to death. Thus, Holi derives its name from Holika, and is celebrated as a festival of victory of good over evil.
庆祝好丽节的时间在冬天的最后一个满月过后，地点大多在印度和尼泊尔。虽然它本来的意义是敬拜丰收和迎春，但现在则有与印度教的连结。如神话中所提到：魔王之子钵罗诃罗陀选择信奉毗湿奴，而非他自己的父亲。震怒的魔王试图要杀掉自己的儿子。然而，藉由不断地向毗湿奴祈祷，钵罗诃罗陀安然无恙。最后，魔王的姊姊霍莉卡试图焚烧钵罗诃罗陀，但自己却被烧死。因此，好丽节由霍莉卡而得名，并被当作庆祝正义战胜邪恶的节日。
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Vocabulary
mostly [ˋmostlɪ] adv. 主要地
I run mostly in the evening after I get home from work.
harvest [ˋhɑrvɪst] n. 收获; 收成
The lack of rain this year means farmers will not have a good harvest.
myth [mɪθ] n. 神话
There are many myths in China about magical creatures such as dragons.
worship [ˋwɝʃɪp] v. 崇拜; 信奉
Many Christians feel it's important for them to worship god in church every week.
prayer [prɛr] n. 祈祷，祷告
Some families like to say a prayer before eating a meal to give thanks.
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paint the town 狂欢,痛饮
literally [ˋlɪtərəlɪ] adv. 照字面地；正确地
reveler [ˋrɛv!ɚ] n. 饮酒狂欢者
tinted [ˋtɪntɪd] adj. 着色的
demon [ˋdimən] n. 恶魔
derive [dɪˋraɪv] v. 起源，由来
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Since fire is important to the story of Holi, the celebration gets started the night before with the lighting of bonfires. As the night turns to day, the colors of Holi begin to fly. People partake in painting their friends, family, and even strangers in a variety of vibrant hues. Young people are especially aggressive; they drop colorful balloons from roofs or drive around in vehicles, shooting water pistols out the window.
由于火在好丽节的故事中扮演重要的角色，庆祝活动便以前一夜点燃篝火揭开序幕。当夜晚转变为白天，好丽节的色彩开始飞扬。人们共襄盛举，以明亮的色彩「染指」朋友、家人，甚至是陌生人。年轻人更具攻击性，会从屋顶砸彩球下来，或开车到处朝窗外射水枪。
The reason that strangers can douse each other without offense is that Holi is a day of equality. On this holiday, all groups of society come together as one: young and old, rich and poor, and male and female. Newspapers often display pictures of government leaders having been splashed with colors.
素昧平生的人，互相将对方泼成落汤鸡而不伤感情的原因是好丽节是平等的一天。在这个节日里，不分男女老少、贫富贵贱，所有社会族群融为一体。报纸上常有政府领导被泼得五颜六色的照片。
All the excitement halts in the afternoon, when everyone bathes. Exhausted partyers then spend time visiting their loved ones, offering hugs and candies. As the festival ends, social norms are restored and splashing people with paint will again be inexcusable.
所有的激情兴奋于下午停止，人们沐浴净身。精疲力尽的狂欢者接着花时间拜访自己的亲人，献上拥抱和糖果。当好丽节结束，社会规范恢复正常，用颜料泼洒别人又将是不可原谅的行为。
－by Geoffrey Trager
单词发音
Vocabulary
aggressive [əˋgrɛsɪv] adj. 好斗的，挑衅的
aggress v. 侵列; 攻擊
My neighbor has an aggressive dog that tried to bite me last week.
pistol [ˋpɪst!] n. 手枪
Police officers in many countries carry pistols to defend themselves and fight crime.
offense [əˋfɛns] n. 冒犯
offend v. 冒犯
It is an offense to talk on your cellphone at the dinner table.
equality [iˋkwɑlətɪ] n. 平等
equal adj. 平等的
People continued to fight for freedom and equality over the last hundred years.
halt [hɔlt] v. 停止
The truck halted when its driver saw a cow standing in the road.
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bonfire [ˋbɑn͵faɪr] n. 篝火，营火
partake [pɑrˋtek] in 参加
vibrant [ˋvaɪbrənt] adj. （色彩）鲜明的
hue [hju] n. 颜色，色彩
douse [daʊs] v. 弄湿
norm [nɔrm] n. 规范
inexcusable [͵ɪnɪkˋskjuzəb!] adj. 不可宽恕的，难以原谅的
Holi. Festival of Colors. 2011