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Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors
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Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors

  • The Associated Press
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Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on traditional sweets prepared for the occasion. Across India and Nepal, people dressed in all white clothes celebrated the festival by hurling colored powder at each other. Others flung water balloons filled with colored pigment at passers by. Groups of young men also used water guns to chase down people, in public parks and on the roads, while others danced on the streets to music blaring from speakers. The raucous spring festival, which is also celebrated in other South Asian countries and among the Indian diaspora, signifies the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil.

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Brightly colored celebration

  • By Zachary Clark Daily Journal staff
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Revelers splashed with brightly colored powder moving to Bollywood beats and drinking thandai are staples of the Indian festival Holi, which r…