Holi 2024: Indians celebrate festival of colours - BBC News

The festival marks the start of spring and the triumph of good over evil.

6 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsHoliImage source, Getty ImagesMillions of Indians are celebrating Holi, known as the festival of colours, at home and abroad.

The festival celebrates the beginning of spring and the victory of good over evil.

Held on the last full-moon day of the lunar month, the festival sees people smearing bright colours on friends and family and offering prayers.

Image source, Getty ImagesHoli is based on the Hindu legend of Holika, a female demon, who tries to kill her nephew Prahlad because he worships the Hindu god Vishnu. But Prahlad miraculously survives the burning fire even as Holika is consumed by the flames.

As part of the festivities, bonfires are lit the evening before Holi in the belief that they will destroy the bad so that good can triumph.

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