{"id":1596,"date":"2018-03-12T19:42:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T19:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biddle.com\/blog\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2018-10-30T18:45:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:45:52","slug":"celebrating-holi-with-the-local-indian-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/12\/celebrating-holi-with-the-local-indian-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Holi with the Local Indian Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1601\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-sahana.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1601\" class=\"wp-image-1601 size-medium\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-sahana-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-sahana-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-sahana.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahana Sarkar, QC Associate at Biddle Consulting Group (far right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This past weekend was Holi for our Indian community. Holi signifies the end of winter and welcomes spring. It also symbolizes embracing new colors \u2013 new friends, new relationships and new opportunities awaiting in the year. I volunteered for the setup of the event and food prepping, along with some other youngsters in our group, and organized the event at Stone Creek Park in Rancho Cordova on Saturday, March 10. The event lasted five hours and donations were collected for youth group education and community outreach.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, we enjoyed the festival of Holi.<\/p>\n<p>Sahana Sarkar<br \/>\nBiddle Consulting Group, Inc.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1600\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-koda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1600\" class=\"wp-image-1600 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-koda-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-koda-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holi-celebration-koda.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even Koda, Sahana&#8217;s German Shepherd, had fun!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was Holi for our Indian community. 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