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Phagwa during Easter in Suriname :
March, 21-24 are National holidays in Suriname. Both christians and hindus have their holy time. Read more about Holi Phagwa or Hindu spring festival in the Carribean region, and in Suriname at the blog of Peter Troon. He wrote : "Holy Phagwa is a festivity to celebrate the beginning of spring. This sounds rather odd, because Suriname hasn't got any winters, but even in Suriname a new weather seasons starts at the beginning of March. (...) Holy Phagwa is rather nice to celebrate. Although the festivity orginally belongs to the Hindustan tradition and only was celebrated by the Surinamese people with Indian ancestors, it nowadays is celebrated by almost everybody in Suriname. People put and throw parfum, powder, oil and more stuff at each other while saying "Sub Holy" to each other. The "Sub Holy" is a wish of goodluck." Let's wish Good Luck to ATBC in Suriname !