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India marks arrival of spring with Holi festival

India marks arrival of spring with Holi festival
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India’s spring celebration of colours – the Holi festival – is a time for powder to fill the air and for many to indulge. It is celebrated

India’s spring celebration of colours – the Holi festival – is a time for powder to fill the air and for many to indulge.

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It is celebrated throughout the country but nowhere more exuberantly than in Barsana in Uttar Pradesh, a northern town that is a pilgrimage destination for many Hindu faithful.

In pictures - Holi, the festival of colours, kicks off in Barsana https://t.co/5MGTqwQ040 pic.twitter.com/XbzZHJhC2M

— Reuters India Photos (@IndiaPhotos) 17 mars 2016

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