This year again the small villages of Braj Region are getting ready for the big day. Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India.
Though it is celebrated all over the world but here in the small village in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, the story is a little different.
Local people perform a ritual of Braj Holi know as Samaaj where people of Nand Gaon ( Village of Lord Krishna ) and Barsaana ( Village of Lord Krishna’s beloved, Radha ) sit together and abuse each other by the way of singing songs. Others throw colored powder and water on each other while celebrating the festival of colors, Holi of Braj Region.
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Though it is celebrated all over the world but here in the small village in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, the story is a little different.
Local people perform a ritual of Braj Holi know as Samaaj where people of Nand Gaon ( Village of Lord Krishna ) and Barsaana ( Village of Lord Krishna’s beloved, Radha ) sit together and abuse each other by the way of singing songs. Others throw colored powder and water on each other while celebrating the festival of colors, Holi of Braj Region.
Villagers sitting for the event of Samaaj, while celebrating, Holi,
A local villager drenched in colors trying to save himself from the dust of colors while others are sitting and singing chants during a ritual of Braj Holi know as Samaaj where people of Nand Gaon ( Village of Lord Krishna ) and Barsaana ( village of Lord Krishna
People of Braj Region of Mathura, celebrating,Holi,
People of Braj Region of Mathura, celebrating,Holi,
People covered with a layer of Purple colored powder gets sprayed with another layer of yellow while celebrating Braj Holi at Barsana village of Mathura.
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