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    Holi is an ancient Hindu festival originating in India that is celebrated in early spring. It signifies the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. The festival lasts for a night and a day, starting with lighting bonfires and praying for the destruction of evil. The next day involves throwing colored powders and water at others, playing with water guns and balloons, singing, dancing and sharing food, as people visit family and friends regardless of social status. In the evening, people consume bhang, an intoxicating drink made from cannabis, before dressing up and continuing their visits.

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    Holi is an ancient Hindu festival originating in India that is celebrated in early spring. It signifies the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. The festival lasts for a night and a day, starting with lighting bonfires and praying for the destruction of evil. The next day involves throwing colored powders and water at others, playing with water guns and balloons, singing, dancing and sharing food, as people visit family and friends regardless of social status. In the evening, people consume bhang, an intoxicating drink made from cannabis, before dressing up and continuing their visits.

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    Holi ( /ˈhoʊliː/) is a popular ancient Hindu festival, originating from the Indian subcontinent.

    It is celebrated predominantly in India, but


    has also spread to other areas of Asia and parts of the Western world through the diaspora from the Indian subcontinent. Holi is
    popularly known as the Indian "festival of spring", the "festival of colours", or the "festival of love".[6][1][7] The festival signifies the
    victory of good over evil.[8][9] It signifies the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the blossoming of love, and for many a festive day to meet
    others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships.[10][11] The festival also celebrates the beginning of a good
    spring harvest season.[10][11] It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in the Vikram
    Samvat Calendar,[12] in the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which falls around middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first
    evening is known as Holika Dahan (burning of demon holika) or Chhoti Holi and the following day as Holi, Rangwali
    Holi, Dhuleti, Dhulandi,[13] or Phagwah.[14]
    Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus as well in many parts of South Asia, as well as
    people of other communities outside Asia.[10] In addition to India and Nepal, the festival is celebrated by Indian subcontinent diaspora in
    countries such as Jamaica,[15] Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States,
    Canada, Mauritius, and Fiji.[6][16] In recent years the festival has spread to parts of Europe and North America as a spring celebration of
    love, frolic, and colours.[17][16][18]
    Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire,
    and pray that their internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, was killed in the fire. The next
    morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi – a free-for-all festival of colours,[10] where people smear each other with colours and drench
    each other. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend
    or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children, and elders. The frolic and fight with colours occur in the open streets, open parks,
    outside temples and buildings. Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit
    family, friends and foes to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks.[19]
    [20]
     Some customary drinks include bhang (made from cannabis), which is intoxicating.[21][22] In the evening, after sobering up, people dress
    up and visit friends and family.[5][19]

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