India's Holi Festival Celebrates Spring

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Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, India – 17 March, 2016
1. Various of people throwing colored powder into the air and dancing to celebrate Holi, an ancient Hindu religious festival
2. Boys applying color to each other's faces
3. Various of people throwing powder and dancing as drummer plays
4. Various of Rajkumar Goswami, a shopkeeper from Barsana, selling colored powder in small bags
5. Various of people throwing colored powder, beating drum
6. People watching festivities from their homes
7. Various of women from Barsana hitting men from neighboring village Nandgaon with bamboo sticks while they shield themselves, part of traditional Holi games
8. Close of woman hitting man with bamboo sticks as he protects himself with a shield
9. Woman hitting man with bamboo stick in traditional style
10. Close of man protecting himself with a shield
11. Various exteriors of Radha temple
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people threw colored powders at each other in the northern Indian town of Barsana on Thursday to celebrate the Holi festival in traditional style.
Covered in bright colors, people from around the country danced to the beats of dhol - an Indian percussion instrument - as colored powder filled the air.
Holi, which marks the advent of spring in India, is celebrated with sticks and shields in Barsana, the birthplace of Hindu god Krishna's beloved, Radha.
In a traditional ritual, men from Nandgaon, the land of Krishna, come to play Holi with women of Barsana and are greeted with bamboo sticks.
The men carry shields to protect themselves in the mock battle.
Though Holi is celebrated on a particular date - 24 March this year - in villages around Barsana, it is a weeklong affair.
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