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Participants at a Festival of Colors celebration.

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Hindu community celebrates Holi, the Festival of Colors

10:19am April 04, 2024

The India Association of the Triad is hosting a Holi Festival this Saturday in Gibsonville. Organizers say all are welcome to experience the day-long event featuring music, food, and dance.

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A devotee holds a water gun loaded with colored water during the Holi festival in Mathura, India.

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Holy Holi: Colored Powder Will Be Thrown But Splashing Might Be Illegal

12:24pm March 23, 2016

by Chhavi Sachdev

It's a spring religious festival in India. People spatter each other with colored powder and spray lots of water. This year's drought is changing the tradition — to the dismay of many.

In Vrindavan, India, a group of widows break social taboos and celebrate Holi, the festival of colors.

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For India's Widows, A Riot Of Color, An Act Of Liberation

10:03pm March 07, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

In India, many widows largely vanish from mainstream society as dictated by tradition. But when it comes to Holi, the spring festival of colors, some widows come out to join the celebration.

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