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Holi festival - what is it and how do people celebrate the Hindu festival

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Holi is a two-day Hindu festival commemorating spring, love, and new life. Originating in India, the event is spectacular and colourful.

It's perhaps most well known for festival-goers smearing each other with paint and brightly coloured water on the streets. On the first day, people gather around a bonfire to celebrate the triumph of good over evil. Read more: Sacked P&O Ferries staff to protest on Friday after 800 workers are replaced They throw roasting grains, popcorn, coconut and chickpeas onto the bonfire.

The second day is when people celebrate by pelting each other with a colourful, perfumed powder called gulal and soaked with water pistols.

Holi is also known as the Festival of Love, the Festival of Colours and the Festival of Spring. There are two Hindu legends that are thought to contribute to the meaning of Holi.

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