- Title: India revels in the colours of traditional Holi festival
- Date: 15th March 2025
- Summary: MATHURA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (MARCH 15, 2025) (ANI - No use India) LARGE CROWD OF REVELLERS VARIOUS OF CROWD SMEARED IN COLOURS MOVING PEOPLE WATCHING, CROWDS MOVING REVELLERS DRENCHING EACH OTHER IN COLOURED WATER, WOMEN TUGGING ON MEN'S CLOTHES LARGE CROWD OF REVELLERS MOVING SPECTATORS VARIOUS OF FESTIVAL IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) UNIDENTIFIED DEVOTEE, SAYING: "H
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- Keywords: Festival Hindu Holi India colours temple tradition
- Location: MATHURA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
- City: MATHURA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001906815032025RP1
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- Story Text: Thousands of revellers gathered at a Hindu temple in India's northern Mathura city as part of celebrations for the traditional festival of colours, Holi.
At the Dauji Maharaj Temple, locals and foreign tourists were seen drenched in coloured water as they marked the celebrations with folk music, dance and powdered colours.
Celebrating an age-old tradition, men from neighbouring towns and villages come to Mathura city and sing provocative songs to invite the attention of women. The women tear clothes of men and use it as a whip to beat up the menfolk.
Holi heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated across India along with other South Asian countries. For festival goers, it also represents a time of forgiveness, renewed friendship and the triumph of good over evil.
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