In Pics: Udaipur's 400-year-old all-women Holi tradition
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With the COVID-19 cases spiking in several states, Holi 2021 was a low-key affair in India. However, some age-old traditions of India's hinterland still stand firm. Udaipur's Holika cooling tradition is one of them.
Pics/Ashish Rane
Updated on : 30 March,2021 10:26 AM IST
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Over 500 women from Menar village in Udaipur, Rajasthan, gather at Thamb Chowk, with a jar of water meant to cool down Holi, on Monday.
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This ritual has been going on for the past 400 years.
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This year, fewer women arrived at the chowk for the ritual owing to the pandemic restrictions.
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A woman in traditional Rajathani attire on her way to cool down Holi.
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Rajasthan recorded 902 COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the infection count to 3,31,578, an official report said.
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