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Holi Festival 2012 In Kolkata

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Holi Festival In Kolkata 2012

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Kolkata celebrated today Dol Utsav or festival of Holi irrespective of age. Kids, adolescents, young, old, celebrities, political leaders - all the people of the city joined or watched the most colourful festival of India - Holi. -- A. B.

Holi 2012 In Kolkata

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Kolkata celebrating Dol Utsav - the festival of colours with joy and happiness. -- A. B.

Vasant Utsav At Jorasanko 2012

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Students of Rabindra Bharati Josasanko campus celebrated Holi - the Vasant Utsav of colours yesterday with traditional joy and happiness. Courtesy: ABP -- A. B.

Festival Of Holi

The festival of colours knocking the door of spring. After 4 days, the biggest festival of the season spring - Holi or Dol will make Kolkata joyful and happy. Preparations of Holi are already there at Shantiniketan also. And Tagore's home Jorasanko, Rabindra Bharati in the city also waiting for the festival of colours. Rehearsal of Tagore's songs, special dresses for men and women to participate in the function, preparations all around. Girls of Shantiniketan would wear yellow saris with green borders and yellow punjabis for boys. The market of colours are in full swing. Huge sale of Aabir (coloured powder), colours and Pichkari (syringe to spray liquid colours). Sale of Ayurvedic colours and aabirs - are also there in the market. Orange coloured Ayurvedic aabir is being made of Palash flowers. Red aabir comes from bit. So these colours will never do any harm to eyes and skins. Demand of these colours are satisfactory although the price of these colours are very

Preparation Of Holi

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The festival of colours 'Holi' on 9 March. So, the preparation of colours are going on in Kolkata. -- A. B.