How Do You Celebrate Holi? People In Bihar's Patna Celebrate The Festival With 'Flying Slippers'
In a video shared on social media, people in Bihar's Patna were seen throwing footwear at each other in celebration of the festival of colours.
There are several ways to celebrate Holi, and according to legends, the festival started out as a purely face-painting tradition but has now come to be celebrated in more than 10 ways or versions.
Some parts of northern India celebrate the old custom of Lathmar Holi while people in other places play with coloured water.
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In other places, water canons paint entire congregations of tens of thousands of people red.
However, some traditions are too bizarre to comprehend. In a video shared on social media, people in Bihar's Patna were seen throwing footwear at each other in celebration of the festival of colours.
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Two groups of people standing in a shallow pool of water exchanged 'flying chappals in the 1-minute-29-second video as others watch the crowd go crazy.
Eventually, many young men from the near end march on deep in the water park, scaring people on the other side off into the distance.
Moving west, a village in the district of Maharashtra has a bizarre tradition that has continued for almost a century - Their the 'newest son-in-law' in the village gets a donkey ride and clothes of his choice on the occasion of Holi. This unique ritual is followed in Vida village in Kej tehsil of the district.
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Did you know that there are several types of Holi celebrated in India? There are - Lathmar Holi, Khadi Holi, Hola Mohalla, Basant Utsav and Dol Jatra, Shigmo, etc.
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