India devotees celebrate Holi festival, ignore COVID restrictions
Al Jazeera
Though Holi is celebrated on a particular day, March 29 this year, it is a week-long affair in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura.
Holi marks the advent of spring in India and is celebrated all around the Hindu-majority country with coloured powders and splashing water. Thousands of devotees have defied coronavirus prevention protocols and social distancing norms to celebrate the festival. Though Holi itself is celebrated on a particular day, March 29 this year, it is a week-long affair in villages around Mathura in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and some other parts of India.
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