AFTER LAST NIGHTS CEREMONY KICKING OFF HOLI FESTIVAL, THE STREETS WERE TAINTED PINK... JUST A TASTE OF WHAT'S TO COME IN A FEW DAYS
ADORABLE PUPPIES. EVERYWHERE.
SUNSET ON THE GHATS OVERLOOKING HOLY LAKE. WATCHING THE SUNSET IS LIKE BREATHING INTO THE NIGHT, SOMETHING SO SPECIAL AND GROUNDING ABOUT SEEING THE SKY CHANGE COLOURS AS IT TURNS INTO DUSK. THE SKY BECOMES AN EASEL OF WATER PASTELS AND THE ATMOSPHERE SHIFTS FROM BUSTLING DAY INTO THE NIGHT...
TONITE GATHERED A CROWD IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR ANOTHER FESTIVAL LEADING UP TO HOLI. DRUMS BEATING WHILE YOUNG BOYS AND MEN DANCED IN A CIRCLE WITH STICKS, BEATING EACH OTHER AS THEY TURNED AND LUNGED AT ONE OTHER. A TRIBAL EDGE WITH HYPNOTIC DRUMMING AND CHANTING, NO WOMEN IN SARIS TO BE SEEN ONLY FOREIGNERS.
THIS FESTIVAL IS MAINLY A MAN'S DOMAIN, IT'S THE ONE DAY WHEN EVERYONE GET'S LOOSE, TOUCHING AND GRABBING OF WOMEN WHILE THROWING PAINT IS TO BE EXPECTED. A BLUR OF COLOURS AND BIG SMILES AS THE RHYTHM BEATS INTO THE NIGHT. MOTORBIKES WHIRR PAST AND A BULL CHARGES THROUGH THE CROWD ALMOST KNOCKING OVER STANDBYS... CRAZY ANYTHING GOES FESTIVAL MADNESS!!
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