{"id":42612,"date":"2017-02-27T18:53:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T13:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=42612"},"modified":"2017-02-27T18:53:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T13:23:44","slug":"festival-colour-hare-krishna-temple-nzherald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=42612","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Colour at Hare Krishna Temple &#124; NZHerald"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleBody\" class=\"articleBody\" data-next-classification=\" National\" data-next-title=\"Search for swimmer at Lake Karapiro\" data-next-link=\"\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=11807976\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iframe%20src='\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1308227299001\/S1BXZn8t_default\/index.html?videoId=5338071173001'%20allowfullscreen%20frameborder=0\/iframe\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleMedia  c_id1\"><\/div>\n<p>They came dressed in white &#8211; and left the colour of a rainbow.<br \/>\nThousands of people will be cleaning out their cars tonight after spending the day at the Holi Festival of Colours.<br \/>\nPeople of all ages danced and threw coloured powders &#8211; made from corn starch &#8211; at each other as part of the event, a Hindu celebration originating from India and Nepal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"inlineMedia inlineMedia-inline-gallery inlineMedia-left inlineMedia-width620\"><a class=\"galOver\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/image.cfm?c_id=1&amp;gallery_id=172008&amp;gal_objectid=11807987\"> \u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"galOver\" href=\"http:\/\/media.nzherald.co.nz\/webcontent\/image\/jpg\/20179\/SCCZEN_260217NZHDPHOLI14_620x310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/media.nzherald.co.nz\/webcontent\/image\/jpg\/20179\/SCCZEN_260217NZHDPHOLI14_620x310.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gallery Photos: The Holi Festival of Colours Auckland<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Entry was free at the Hare Krishna Temple in Kumeu, west Auckland, but punters could purchase their colours at $5 a bag.<br \/>\nOrganisers said the colours would eventually wash out of clothes but recommended not to wear designer gear and to bring something to cover the car seats for the ride home.<br \/>\nSimilar festivals are held around the world. The smoke and alcohol-free New Zealand event is run by Auckland&#8217;s Hare Krishna movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They came dressed in white &#8211; and left the colour of a rainbow. Thousands of people will be cleaning out their cars tonight after spending the day at the Holi Festival of Colours. People of all ages danced and threw coloured powders &#8211; made from corn starch &#8211; at each other as part of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}