In his book Days and Customs of All Faiths, Howard V. Harper states: “From earliest pagan times people have carried torches and built bonfires on their big religious occasions.
हार्पर कहते हैं: “पुराने ज़माने से लोग, अपने खास धार्मिक त्योहारों में मशालें और होली जलाते आए हैं ।