FESTIVAL OF HOLI AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH HAZARDS;
MYTHOLOGICAL STORY :-
The word Holi has originated from Holika,sister of Hirnyakashipa. In Viishnavism,Hirnyakashipa is believed to be great king of demons and he had been granted boon by Brahma which made it almost impossible for him to be killed.The boon was granted due to his long penance after which he had bargained not to be killed during day or night,not on earth or in the sky,inside home or outside,neither by man nor by animal,neither by astra or shastra. Consequently he grew arrogant and attacked every body on earth. He demanded that people stop worshiping gods and start worshiping him.Accordingly to mythological story,Hirnyakashipa,his own son Prahlada was a devotee of Vishnu and refused to worship his own father.He was poisoned,ordered to be trampled by elephants,put in a room with poisonous snakes-but he always survived. Finally King Hirnyakashipa ordered Prahlada to sit on a pyre in the lap of his sister,who also could not die,because she too had a boon,which prevented her from being burned by fire.When the fire stated,Holika was burnt to death,while Prahlada survived unharmed.Today,even after thousands of years,Holi is celebrated for supposed salvation of Prahlada and burning of Holika.
IS SAID MYTHOLOGICAL STORY RELEVANT ENOUGH TODAY FOR UNDERGOING HEALTH HAZARDS AND ASSOCIATED SOCIAL TUMULT ?
Earlier, Holi colours were out of natural ingredients like turmeric, flowers, vegetables etc but with time and dying natural resources, colours have become chemical content which has it's own side effects. Holi Health Hazards - Holi is played with three basic type of colours gulals, water colours and dry colours. Each of them have their own health hazards, which we often ignore. Gulals – Holi health hazards is the worse in gulal. Gulala has heavy metal content in it and the new shiny gulal has added extra amount of powdered glass. The Holi health hazards is not restricted to skin alone, in the process of playing Holi, a lot of the powdered colours does get inside the system. The metal content of gulal often get deposited in the kidney, liver and bones. This directly affects the metabolism functions. The colourant base of Holi colours is usually asbestos or silica. Asbestos is a dangerous element which is often said to have the agent which causes cancer. As for eh effect on the skin, silica dries on the skin and breaks down skin tissues. The shiny glass based shiny colours can lead to eye damage Water Base Colours/ Paste – Water based Holi colours enter your system much more easily making the Holi health hazards almost unavoidable. The water base colours is basically colour paste which is dissolved in the water. It has a high amount of alkaline base and the final result is by mixing toxic compounds with engine oil. The very famous black paste, without which the Holi prank is incomplete has lead oxide. These harmful chemicals used in water Holi colours leads to blindness, risk to skin cancer and allergies. Dry Colours – Dry colours which heralds the start playing Holi is extremely dangerous. Dry colours are made with high chemical base. Green colours have copper sulphate, silver has aluminum bromine etc. The dry colours during Holi get mixed in the air and are sniffed in the breathing process thus, entering our system. It created severe respiratory disorders and throat infections. The lead content in the dry Holi colours affects the nervous system and kidney in the worse possible way. Some of the symptom of maximum inhalation of dry colours is feeling of nausea, toxicity, skin irritation and loss of appetite.
MYTHOLOGICAL STORY :-
The word Holi has originated from Holika,sister of Hirnyakashipa. In Viishnavism,Hirnyakashipa is believed to be great king of demons and he had been granted boon by Brahma which made it almost impossible for him to be killed.The boon was granted due to his long penance after which he had bargained not to be killed during day or night,not on earth or in the sky,inside home or outside,neither by man nor by animal,neither by astra or shastra. Consequently he grew arrogant and attacked every body on earth. He demanded that people stop worshiping gods and start worshiping him.Accordingly to mythological story,Hirnyakashipa,his own son Prahlada was a devotee of Vishnu and refused to worship his own father.He was poisoned,ordered to be trampled by elephants,put in a room with poisonous snakes-but he always survived. Finally King Hirnyakashipa ordered Prahlada to sit on a pyre in the lap of his sister,who also could not die,because she too had a boon,which prevented her from being burned by fire.When the fire stated,Holika was burnt to death,while Prahlada survived unharmed.Today,even after thousands of years,Holi is celebrated for supposed salvation of Prahlada and burning of Holika.
IS SAID MYTHOLOGICAL STORY RELEVANT ENOUGH TODAY FOR UNDERGOING HEALTH HAZARDS AND ASSOCIATED SOCIAL TUMULT ?
Earlier, Holi colours were out of natural ingredients like turmeric, flowers, vegetables etc but with time and dying natural resources, colours have become chemical content which has it's own side effects. Holi Health Hazards - Holi is played with three basic type of colours gulals, water colours and dry colours. Each of them have their own health hazards, which we often ignore. Gulals – Holi health hazards is the worse in gulal. Gulala has heavy metal content in it and the new shiny gulal has added extra amount of powdered glass. The Holi health hazards is not restricted to skin alone, in the process of playing Holi, a lot of the powdered colours does get inside the system. The metal content of gulal often get deposited in the kidney, liver and bones. This directly affects the metabolism functions. The colourant base of Holi colours is usually asbestos or silica. Asbestos is a dangerous element which is often said to have the agent which causes cancer. As for eh effect on the skin, silica dries on the skin and breaks down skin tissues. The shiny glass based shiny colours can lead to eye damage Water Base Colours/ Paste – Water based Holi colours enter your system much more easily making the Holi health hazards almost unavoidable. The water base colours is basically colour paste which is dissolved in the water. It has a high amount of alkaline base and the final result is by mixing toxic compounds with engine oil. The very famous black paste, without which the Holi prank is incomplete has lead oxide. These harmful chemicals used in water Holi colours leads to blindness, risk to skin cancer and allergies. Dry Colours – Dry colours which heralds the start playing Holi is extremely dangerous. Dry colours are made with high chemical base. Green colours have copper sulphate, silver has aluminum bromine etc. The dry colours during Holi get mixed in the air and are sniffed in the breathing process thus, entering our system. It created severe respiratory disorders and throat infections. The lead content in the dry Holi colours affects the nervous system and kidney in the worse possible way. Some of the symptom of maximum inhalation of dry colours is feeling of nausea, toxicity, skin irritation and loss of appetite.
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