While much of Eastern Canada and the US woke up to a blanket of fresh snow today, people in India are blanketed with vibrantly coloured powder. It's Holi - the Indian festival of colour!
All through the streets of India's largest cities, and smallest villages, crowds of people - their faces smeared with colour - are throwing red, pink, yellow, blue, purple and green powder at one another. They toss water balloons too!
Holi is a joyful, playful equal-opportunity street festival, inwhich women and men, young and old, poor and rich drench one another in coloured powders. It's everywhere. The air is thick with powder. It's all part of the fun, getting your crisp white shirt covered in yellow and pink powder...and your hair dyed bright green!
If you think Holi is inspired by Bollywood, think again. Bollywood's raucus crowds, and riot of colour are pure Holi-wood. Highly-choreographed Bollywood scenes are inspired by Holi.
To read more about Holi, and find out how to make your own Holi powder, and shop for vibrantly coloured clothes, go to:
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