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Dayna in Close Up by Jimmy Marble

though holi officially begins this friday, celebrations for the lathmar holi festival began last saturday in the small indian villages of nandgaon and barsana, in the northern state of uttar pradesh. 

men from one village sing provocative songs to gain the attention of the women in the other village, who then pretend to beat them back with bamboo sticks called lathis.

the tradition is based on the story of lord krishna, who is said to be from nandgaon, and his shepherd friends flirtatiously throwing colours on radha, who is from barsana, and her cowherd girls, who in turn chased them off with sticks.