On Thursday March 17, I spoke about the Festival of Colours – Holi – celebrated in India.
Holi Festival of
Colours
Mr. Gerrard: Mr. Deputy
Speaker, I join other MLAs in recognizing Holi, the festival of colours. It's a
festival celebrated each spring across all of India. It's a festival which
features bold, beautiful and vibrant colours.
Where we live, in Winnipeg, our land is still white with snow, the dark brown
and black trunks and branches of trees stand stark and alone, without leaves.
We need
and we welcome this festival because it is a harbinger of spring, a promise
that it won't be long before the colours can break through in the flowers which
will grow in our yards and public spaces, including in front of our
Legislature, and the blossoms and leaves which will adorn the lilac, oak, elm,
maple, ash, hazel and so many other trees.
This
year, the winter has been particularly cold and long and, more than ever, we
yearn for the colours that are to come and will come during Holi.
It is in part because Manitobans are a people of many backgrounds and many
colours that we are fortunate to celebrate occasions like Holi, when we can
see by the drips of water coming off our roofs and the beginning of the
shrinking of piles of snow that spring and renewal is coming; that we, too, are
part of this great festival of Holi and we can join our friends and relatives
who have come from India in splashing colours all over our lives, and this
year, more than ever, the colours of yellow and blue as we also think of
another place in the world which also needs our attention.
Thank you.
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