Holi 2023: India celebrates festival of colours - BBC News

Millions of people mark the occasion with processions and festive meals.

16 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsHoliImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Children and adults celebrate Holi with bright coloursMillions of Indians are celebrating Holi - the festival of colours - at home and around the world.

The festival which marks the last full-moon day of the lunar month celebrates the beginning of spring and the victory of good over evil.

People celebrate this day by smearing bright colours on friends and family, offering prayers and burning a bonfire to symbolically destroy the bad so that the good can triumph.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Holi is marked with colourful dances and performancesImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The festival is a social highpoint for devoteesThe festival is based on a Hindu legend and has a huge cultural significance in India. People see the festival as symbolising new beginnings, and as a time to mend relationships and start afresh.

Huge processions are held in several parts of India to mark the festival. People dance and sing and hold sumptuous feasts with traditional fare. Schools are shut as children and adults devote the day to colourful celebrations.

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