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Let's head outside of the news 12 studios where Simon is out with the a um dance troupe showing us how the Ring of the festival of color is. Yes, this is so exciting with me right now is Jigna Patel and Bianca Shaw with dance creations. OK. A lot of people sometimes they don't know what Holy is. How would you explain that? Um It is a bright colorful festival. Um It celebrates spring um that we bring in a lot of music, a lot of great food. Um It celebrates uh the triumph of good over evil. Um Just a lot of great things in our culture. It also marks the beginning of spring, the end of winter. Uh the night before holy, there's a huge bonfire that's lit and that kind of signifies the destruction of evil, the birth of good. It also is a celebration of love. So the deities Krishna and Radha, it's a celebration of their love. It's also a time for forgiveness. So not just you know, your own wrongdoings in the past, starting with a clean slate, but also forgiving others for what they may have done to you and you guys have brought some dancers because this is also a dancing holiday along with throwing colors. I know the kids are ready to perform. We have, why don't we hit the music? Let them perform because coming up, we're gonna actually partake in this. And so what do we do as the kids are dancing? So as the kids will will be dancing, they're also going to be playing with vibrant colors. The holy is very colorful, the powders signify different things. Um and you just have fun, Bollywood music and lots of fun.

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AUM Dance Creations students show you how to ring in the Festival of Color.

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