This week, on Sunday evening (March 1) Baha’is begin their Nineteen-Day Fast, when they abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset.

Next Friday (March 6), Hindus celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors. They throw colored water and powder on each other to mark the triumph of good over evil.

Also this coming week, Jews celebrate Purim (March 4-5) and the heroic story in the Book of Esther of how one woman, Esther, risked her life long ago to protect her people.