Welcome the spring season to Durham with Holi Festival! People enjoying a powder throw at Holi Festival at the Oriental Museum. The event includes timed powder throws with a free environmentally and skin-kind powder sachet of brightly coloured powder for each participant. Holi Festival. Welcome the spring season to Durham with Holi Festival at the Oriental Museum. Holi is the Indian Spring Festival also known as the Festival of Colours, because the main way to celebrate is to throw brightly coloured powder over friends and family! Spring is on the way, and so too is the wonderful Holi Festival celebration at the Oriental Museum on Saturday 23 March, 12 noon – 5pm. Also known as the Indian Festival of Colours, Holi involves throwing brightly coloured powders over friends and relatives to celebrate the victory of good over evil, the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Welcome the spring season to Durham with Holi Festival! Welcome the spring season to Durham with Holi Festival! The event includes timed powder throws with a free environmentally and skin-kind powder sachet of brightly coloured powder for each participant. Alongside powder throws, there will also be free craft activities with a ticket. Celebrate Holi at the Oriental Museum and join us in welcoming the spring season to Durham on Saturday 15th March 2025. Each ticketholder will be provided with one FREE bag of coloured powder and there will be the opportunity to purchase additional bags. The powder is environmentally friendly and skin-kind. Welcome the spring season to Durham and celebrate Holi at the Oriental Museum on Saturday 23 March 2024. Tickets are now available to book via Eventbrite. There are 5 timed powder throws throughout the day. Choose your preferred time slot and click on the link below to book your tickets. For more information, please visit our website GemArts and Baltic art gallery will join up to celebrate Holi festival with dance, music and food alongside a mass powder-throwing on Gateshead quayside while the Oriental Museum in Durham will be Find tickets & information for Holi Festival at the Oriental Museum. happening at Oriental Museum, Durham, EN on Sat, 15 Mar, 2025 at 12:00 pm. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. At long last, spring is here and so too is the exciting Holi Festival celebration at the Oriental Museum on Saturday 15 March, 12 noon – 5pm. Also known as the Indian Festival of Colours, Holi involves throwing brightly coloured powders over friends and relatives celebrating the victory of good over evil, the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Durham University’s Oriental Museum is reviving Holi celebrations after two years of the pandemic restricting activities. Celebrations will be taking place on Saturday 12 March, 12-5pm. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, is the Indian Spring Festival. Holi Festival at the Oriental Museum happening at Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, United Kingdom on Sat Mar 15 2025 at 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm The term can mean widely differing things to different people. In the case of the Oriental Museum, the definition is a wide one indeed, with the collections covering a huge area from North Africa to South East Asia. This is the legacy of the origins of the Oriental Museum in the teaching of oriental languages at Durham University. GemArts and Baltic art gallery will join up to celebrate Holi festival with dance, music and food alongside a mass powder-throwing on Gateshead quayside while the Oriental Museum in Durham will be At long last, spring is here and so too is the exciting Holi Festival celebration at the Oriental Museum on Saturday 15 March, 12 noon – 5pm. Also known as the Indian Festival of Colours, Holi involves throwing brightly coloured powders over friends and relatives celebrating the victory of good over evil, the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Oriental Museum: Holi festival! - See 360 traveler reviews, 164 candid photos, and great deals for Durham, UK, at Tripadvisor. At long last, spring is here and so too is the exciting Holi Festival celebration at the Oriental Museum on Saturday 15 March, 12 noon – 5pm. Also known as the Indian Festival of Colours, Holi involves throwing brightly coloured powders over friends and relatives celebrating the victory of good over evil, the end of winter and the arrival of spring. Holi Festival at the Oriental Museum. Sat, Mar 15, 12:00. Oriental Museum • Durham. £3 - £3.96. Save Holi Festival at the Oriental Museum to your collection. Meanwhile, the Holi Festival at Durham's Oriental Museum on March 15 will involve a number of colour-throwing ceremonies during the day - set to music ranging from Bollywood to classic Indian songs, Bhangra and pop - and while some timings have sold out there are still slots available at 1pm, 3.15pm and 4pm, with tickets on sale for £3, £3.96 Holi Festival – Oriental Museum, Durham Welcome in the spring with Holi Festival – the Hindu festival of colour and new life. This special event will include craft activities, storytelling, music, rangoli drawing and, of course, powder throwing sessions! Spring is on the way, and so too is the wonderful Holi Festival celebration at the Oriental Museum on Saturday 23 March, 12 noon – 5pm. Also known as the Indian Festival of Colours, Holi involves throwing brightly coloured powders over friends and relatives to celebrate the victory of good over evil, the end of winter and the arrival of spring.
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