Indian security personnel celebrate Holi along Pakistan border

Record ID: 1982971

  • Title: Indian security personnel celebrate Holi along Pakistan border
  • Date: 13th March 2025
  • Summary: JAISALMER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA (MARCH 13, 2025) (ANI- No use India) VARIOUS OF BORDER SECURITY FORCE (BSF) PERSONNEL APPLYING COLOURS ON EACH OTHER BSF PERSONNEL APPLYING COLOURS AND PLAYING MUSIC (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, BORDER SECURITY FORCE, YOGENDRA SINGH RATHORE, SAYING: "The Border Security Force, where we do our duty, is our first family. We celebr
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  • Keywords: Border Security Force Holi India Rajasthan celebration ceremony colours festival rituals soldiers traditions
  • Location: JAISALMER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA
  • City: JAISALMER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA001M01G66N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: India's Border Security Force (BSF) celebrated Holi - the festival of colours in the Indo-Pakistan border city of Jaisalmer on Thursday (March 13).
    The soldiers applied powdered colours on each other, danced to music, and ate sweets to celebrate the festival with their co-soldiers, away from their families.
    The Deputy Inspector General of the BSF in Jaisalmer, Yogendra Singh Rathore said that the BSF is a family in itself and the soldiers celebrated Holi while protecting the borders.
    A female soldier expressed her happiness by saying that she applied colours on all her co-soldiers, danced and ate sweets with them.
    The festival of Holi heralds the beginning of spring and will be officially celebrated on March 14 this year.
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