and on tuesday, bahais begin a 19-day fast.ey abstain from food and drink between sunrise and sunset and practice prayer and meditation, the fasting period leads up to the new year celebration, nowruz. that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. we'd like to hear from you. you can follow us on our facebook page. we also have much more on our web site. you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes from this year's preparation for holi in india. captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org