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Updated: March 20, 2011 13:17 IST
Indian villagers smear themselves with colors as they celebrate Holi festival in Nandgaon, near Mathura, India, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)
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Indian villagers smear themselves with colors as they celebrate Holi festival in Nandgaon, near Mathura, India, Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)
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Students of Rabindra Bharati University, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during Holi festival celebrations at the residence of India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Calcutta, India, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, will be celebrated across the country on March 20. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Indian girls buy powdered colors from a wayside vendor ahead of the Holi festival, in Allahabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2011. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors is traditionally celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and coloured water at each other and will be marked across the country on March 20. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Hindu devotees colored by powder thrown while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, dance at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2011. Vrindavan is a famous place for Holi celebrations, where according to legend, the Hindu god Krishna played Holi with his consort Radha. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Hindu devotees colored by powder thrown while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, dance and crowd at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2011. Vrindavan is a famous place for Holi celebrations, where according to legend, the Hindu god Krishna played Holi with his consort Radha. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Girls smear the face of a woman with colored powder during festivities marking holi in Calcutta, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, will be celebrated across the country Sunday. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Indian girls in traditional costumes dance on a street during festivities marking holi in Calcutta, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, will be celebrated across the country Sunday. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Raja Ali, 12, leans on his crutches and sprays colored water towards vehicles driving past a road, as he celebrates holi in Gauhati, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, will be marked across the country Sunday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Children, their faces smeared with colored powder, gesture from inside a car during festivities marking holi in Jammu, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, will be celebrated across the country Sunday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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Hindu devotees colored by powder thrown while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, crowd at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Vrindavan is a famous place for Holi celebrations, where according to legend, the Hindu god Krishna played Holi with his consort Radha. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Indian slum dwellers smear each other with mud during festivities marking Holi in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, will be celebrated across the country Sunday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar)
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Hindu devotees colored by powder thrown while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, crowd at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Vrindavan is a famous place for Holi celebrations, where according to legend, the Hindu god Krishna played Holi with his consort Radha. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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A Hindu devotee colored by powder thrown while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, reacts at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Vrindavan is a famous place for Holi celebrations, where according to legend, the Hindu god Krishna played Holi with his consort Radha. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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A Hindu devotees colored by powder thrown while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, reacts at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Vrindavan is a famous place for Holi celebrations, where according to legend, the Hindu god Krishna played Holi with his consort Radha. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)