Holi is the festival that celebrates the victory of faith over evil, and the day where Holika is symbolically burnt all over India. The story is that there was once a boy named Prahlad, whose father, an asura king named Hiranyakashyapu, hated Lord Vishnu, and lived to defeat him. His son however, was a staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu, something that the proud Hiranyakashyapu could not tolerate. He tried to have Prahlad killed in multiple ways, but Prahlads unyielding faith saved him in every instance. One such instance was when Hiranyakashyapu ordered his sister, Holika, who had recieved a boon that she was immune to fire, to take Prahlad in her lap and to sit in a fire. Convinced that Prahlad would not survive this one, Hiranyakashyapu sent his sister off. However, in the lap of Holika, Prahlad simply prayed to Lord Vishnu, and instead of him, Holika burnt up in the fire, and Prahlad was left unscathed. Thereafther, Holika is burnt all over, to represent the power of faith. As well as this, both adults and children take to the streets to play Holi, in which they wear white kurtas and throw bright colors on each other. Overall it is seen as a joyous day, and marks the presidance of good over evil.