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People have been celebrating the Indian festival Holi

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Holi is a Hindu festival that came from India but is now celebrated all over the world

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The festival celebrates, spring, love, and new life - People throw coloured powder at each other until everything and everyone is covered in colour

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As a part of the celebration, people dance and eat special foods

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Holi aims to bring people from all different background together to celebrate.

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On the night before Holi, Hindus dress in their best clothes and watch a bonfire. The next morning, people put on old clothes and douse each other with coloured powders. It鈥檚 the one day of the year that parents encourage their children to get filthy!