"Indian festival of Holi ushers in spring with color in Holbrook" by Eric Moskowitz | Globe Staff, March 30, 2013
HOLBROOK — Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colors....
After an unrelenting winter — snow piles lingered on the fringes of the sun-soaked parking lot — the clear skies and warming sun felt balmy, aiding the pulsating soundtrack and flying colors in evoking India....
The story of Holi, in which a demonic king tries to kill his pious son but instead gets his comeuppance from Lord Vishnu, a triumph of good over evil....
Satya Vissapragada, who grew up in India, Europe, and Africa, said this was the biggest Holi celebration he had seen beyond the subcontinent. Vissapragada, who lives in Quincy and works at a hedge fund, played the villain in the on-stage reenactment, with dastardly mustache and bejeweled crown before shedding that costume for a Red Sox hoodie....
Somehow that seems right.
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