PHOTO GALLERY: Hundreds of women in two north Indian towns celebrate 'Holi,' the Hindu festival of colors, by playfully hitting men with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as part of a ritual.
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After two years of subdued revelry due to COVID-19, the Holi celebrations that began last week recreated the legend of the Hindu god Krishna spraying his consort Radha and her friends with red, yellow, green and saffron colors. The women were from Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, and the men were from Barsana, the legendary hometown of Radha.
The devotees, smeared in colored powder, then prayed at the Nandagram Temple near where Hindus believe the god Krishna and his brother Balram spent their childhood. The temple was built at the beginning of the 19th century.Some men were caught by women and made to dress like them. They then sang and danced along with the women.
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