Simple safety tips for Holi festival

Holi is at the peak, and our markets are full with colors and various kind of attractive products, but remember these products can be harmful to you and your family. So prepare well before playing Holi, follow few simple Holi safety tips and enjoy Holi peacefully. In this article I have included some of these simple safety tips which can help us a lot to avoid any kind of mishaps during the Holi festival.

About holi

As we all know that the Holi festival is a great Indian festival of joy and colors, played with full pomp and show. It is being celebrated on two consecutive days, First day is Holi, and the second day is Dhulandi. It is also known by some other names. The origin of Holi is associated with an ancient story of Bhakt Prahlad and Holika. It is celebrated on the day of Purnima of Phalguna maas (month) according to the Hindu panchang (Hindu calendar). On the day of Dhulandi, people play it with lots of colors and eat sweets and celebrate the joy of happiness and integration. However, it becomes dangerous if we ignore precautions and safety tips. It is important to keep these tips in mind to avoid any kind of miss happening.
What are these simple and easy Holi Safety tips? Read on.

Possible mishaps and problems

Skin problems: As we all know that Holi is a festival of colors and played with various kind of color products, like gulal, paste colors, spray and many other products. Most of these products available in the market are made with harmful chemicals that can harm directly to our skin and if one's skin is allergic or sensitive it will be dangerous to him/her.
Scalp problems and hair fall: Colors can harm hairs, it can cause hair fall and can cause scalp problems due to the hazardous colors used during the Holi festival. It can cause nausea, vomiting sensation, headache and dizziness, eye pain, and other similar problems. To avoid these kinds of problems, try to cover your head properly (the detailed safety tip later).
Arguments, quarrels or even fights: During Holi festival it is also possible to have some arguments, quarrel or even fight in some cases, where few drunken people disagree over anything or any over any other issue.
Accidents: On the Holi Festival day, many children and people use fountain guns , balloons and other harmful Holi products. They throw balloons and water colors through their fountain guns on running vehicles that can cause dangerous accidents. Not only this, many people drive their vehicle in a drunken condition, which is highly dangerous for themselves and for their families and others too.

Holi Safety Tips

Use Herbal Products or natural homemade colors: People buy colours from the market, but only few of them ensures that whether these products/colors are herbal and non harmful or not; and the rest of them buy it without any consideration and apply on other people, which harm them directly on their skins. So it's important to buy herbal Gulal (Powder colors)/colors, or try to use homemade ones.
Apply Coconut oil on skin and scalp: In order to avoid skin allergy or scalp problems, apply a coating of coconut oil or any other oily lotion before playing Holi. It will protect your skin from harmful colors. This works great and help us later when we wash our skin or bathe.
Try to use light colors: Light colors do not contain much chemicals; on the other hand the dark colors contain high degree of chemicals, which can harm us badly.
Nails: Cut your nails before playing holi, because colors remain in our nails and can harm us directly or indirectly, that is, it can go into our stomach when we eat anything with our hands.
Avoid heavy food: As the festival is for celebration, surely people will have heavy food which are oily and spicy. This can be harmful for health, specially for diabetic patients.
Avoid alcohol: Drinking Alcohol can be dangerous on that day, as you get into any quarrel, or arguments that can tend to a fight or miss behave. Driving in drunken condition is also a reason because, first of all its an offence to drive in drunken condition and secondly there can be accidents.
Stay calm: Keep cool and calm in argumentative situations and do not argue any person, because it can turn into a serious fight or any serious miss happening. Remember that there is police assistance to help you, so if you feel the necessity, call them and report your problem.
While driving: When you drive, shut the windows of your vehicle properly, and wear helmet if you driving on a two wheeler, because notorious persons and gangs doing harmful activities like throwing balloons on vehicles and passers-byes, can cause an accident or serious injury.
Keep your eyes safe: Remember that harmful chemicals and colors can damage our eyes, and if such a thing happens, immediately wash your eyes with cold water. If problems still persist, then contact the nearest doctor or your family doctor.
Skin allergic persons should to avoid heavy Gulals(Powder colors) and colors, as once your skin get affected with chemicals or hazardous colors, it can create a big trouble to those skin allergic people.