Invite people and create awareness:
With the introduction of contemporary concepts in many homes, the traditional concept has lost its essence. To maintain this, make sure that you invite all apartment members to the celebration of the event. Also ask them if they have ideas about planning a celebration in the apartment.
Choose a theme for celebration:
A thematic celebration will be one of the best things that can be done during this event. Choose a theme that relates to the festival and you can ask your guests to tailor it accordingly. The venue can also be decorated according to the theme.
The Activity for celebration with Dhai-Handi:
This year the festival is celebrated on 10 August 2012 in different parts of the city. The festival, also known as Dahi-Handi, remembers the fickle part of Krishna. To celebrate this event, you can choose a suitable place of lawn, garden or any other place in your apartment. Make sure the chosen space is spacious enough and should be easy to clean up after the event.
Raas Leela:
To celebrate this activity, you may have a place that is well sheltered and a high area in which the play can be staged prominently. The event is a dramatic episode of Krishna's life and is mostly celebrated in Mathura and Vrindavan. The day is also celebrated in Jammu and is marked with an important aspect of kite flying.
Midnight Kirtan in your apartment:
It is one of the best ways to celebrate the festival in which guests can be invited to your apartment and conduct a midnight kirtan. Guests can dress as per the theme and also lead the singing of Bhajan and Aarti.
Decoration of the place:
To celebrate this festival with pomp, you can decorate your apartment with colorful flowers and balloons. You can also mount postures and pictures of God and his companions. It adds charm to the celebration.
A Bhajan Program:
To enforce the importance of celebration, you can gather all your apartment members and organize a bhajan session. You can also play some famous bhajans and other devotional songs.
Fasting:
Although some of them may consider fasting to be a tiring task, people can make people aware of the positive results of fasting and encourage them to fast. Ensure that a person is appointed to prepare the prasad that will be eaten while breaking the fast. Fasting should be broken only at midnight.
A story to tell the session:
To make more people aware of the importance of the event, you can gather a group and tell them about Lord Krishna and related events.
