Culture / Unknown Faces

Indians sit as their faces painted with colors during Lathmar Holi at Nandagao, 32 km from mathura, India, March 03, 2012. The Lath mar Holi is a local celebration of Hindu festival of Holi. The Name means "that Holi in which people hit with sticks". Legend has it that Lord Krishna started the tradition of color by first applying on his beloved Radha's face. Following the tradition still today the local people of those villages play Holi, but instead of colors they greeted with sticks.