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Holi ( 洒红节) is a spring festival, also (1) ________ (know) as the festival of colours or the festival of love. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival (2) ________ has become popular in and outside Asia. It is celebrated at the end of winter (3) ________ the night and the day are of equal length. The date of the festival is different every year. According to the Hindu calendar, it (4) ________ (usual) comes in March, sometimes in late February.
The celebration (5) ________ (start) with a bonfire ( 篝火) on the night before Holi, where people gather, sing and dance. The next morning is a carnival of colours, where anyone, children or elders, friends or (6) ________ (strange), chase and colour each other with dry powder and coloured water. Everyone is happy to be made fun (7) ________. Groups carry drums and musical instruments, (8) ________ (go) from place to place. After a(n) (9) ________ (excite) day, people visit their friends and share the delicious food after cleaning up and dressing up.
The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the beginning of the new season, spring. Hindus believe (10) ________ is a time for enjoying spring's rich colours and saying goodbye to winter.
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