0:00:09 > 0:00:11# Can't wait to celebrate
0:00:11 > 0:00:14# It's great to celebrate
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0:00:23 > 0:00:26Oh, hello! Thomas Ticker here.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30I'm in an arty mood, so thought I'd get my paints out.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Except, I can't think what to paint!
0:00:32 > 0:00:36All these brilliant colours and I can't think what to do!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Never mind, there's the Hindu Festival of Colours to show you.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42It's called Holi.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47And Sumedh is getting ready to celebrate it.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49I can't wait!
0:01:01 > 0:01:07Hi, I'm Sumedh. I'm getting ready to celebrate a cultural Hindu festival,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Holi!
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Holi is a wonderful festival, because spring has arrived!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Come on, we need to get ready!
0:01:22 > 0:01:25We have a shrine in our house.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28We worship here every single day.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Later we're going to a humungous temple where Hindus worship.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35This is the Lord Krishna.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39He likes playing tricks on people, a bit like me!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Got you!- Oh!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Mum's making a kind of paint, called tika.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51It's a traditional mark we give people
0:01:51 > 0:01:54when they come to our home on special occasions.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Mum puts it on boys, with a stick, and girls, with her finger.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Let's see. Hmmm, yeah, that looks nice.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I like it.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08That must be Purvaja.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Hello, Purvaja
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- Hello Sumedh. Holi Badhai Ho. - Holi Badhai Ho.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19'That means, "Let this day of Holi bring you prosperity and good luck"
0:02:19 > 0:02:22'in the Hindi language.'
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Me and Purvaja are going to be helping my mum make a tasty treat
0:02:28 > 0:02:30called Besan Ladoo.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36To make it, what you will need is flour,
0:02:36 > 0:02:41ghee, which is like butter, sugar, cardamom - that's a spice -
0:02:41 > 0:02:44raisins, and cashew nuts.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53Now she is frying raisins with the cashew nuts and ghee,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56making me too hungry!
0:02:58 > 0:02:59It smells yummy!
0:03:02 > 0:03:05She's putting the sugar in now.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Just a sprinkle.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12The cardamom is going in - it makes the Besan Ladoo taste nice.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I can't wait till it's finished!
0:03:15 > 0:03:20Now she is putting more ghee in. It sticks it all together.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23You have to mix the mixture really hard.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26We are going to shape them into ladoos.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29That's a kind of ball shape.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35We offer the Besan Ladoo to the gods before we can taste them ourselves.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Mmm! This is really tasty.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49I don't usually wear old clothes to temple but today I will need some,
0:03:49 > 0:03:54because later there is going to be a colourful messy surprise.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56These are a bit too new.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00I'm not having these, otherwise they will get spoiled.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04These pants and this t-shirt are too dark.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Let's see. These are perfect!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15The temple is really beautiful.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Everyone is welcome, especially on Holi.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23We're helping to prepare for the celebrations later.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Do you remember that I told you this festival is colourful?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Well, later on there will be lots of colour.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35That's why we're putting the coloured paint into bags.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37It's going to be so much fun!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41I've got a very messy, colourful surprise planned for my dad!
0:04:41 > 0:04:48Can you guess what it is? Don't tell anyone! See you at the celebration!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I'm really excited!
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I've been inspired by all that painting.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59I found some face-paints at the bottom of a drawer.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Are you ready?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Ta-dah!
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Rrrraaaargh!
0:05:04 > 0:05:08What do you think, Sprocket?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Ha-ha! I think I got a bit carried away!
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Traditionally, Holi marks the beginning of spring.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20And, hey, there are some brilliant dances that celebrate Holi,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23would you like to see one?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27No? You don't want to see me dance, no!
0:05:27 > 0:05:31I've got some friend who are much better than I am!
0:05:31 > 0:05:34HINDI MUSIC PLAYS
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Phew! I'm exhausted just watching that!
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Sumedh is going to have the Holi celebration now.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I think it's going to get messy!
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Ooh! Ha-ha! It just got messy in here! I'll have to clear that up!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Well, never mind!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16We're about to go into the temple.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20But before we go in, we've got to take our shoes off.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25It's our way of keeping the temple special. And clean, I suppose!
0:08:26 > 0:08:30At home, we worship at our shrine, but here at the temple
0:08:30 > 0:08:34we get together with friends and relatives to worship.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Everyone sits on the floor.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51The temple is very beautiful and colourful.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Look at our statues of the gods,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00and a shrine just like we have at home.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03There are carvings of elephants too.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Behind the curtain is the Balaji god.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13We leave presents for the gods.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Those sticks are called incense sticks.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24They give the temple a lovely smell.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Our temple is like one you would find in the south of India.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Everyone is welcome here, especially today.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35It's time for us to eat now.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39The temple gives everyone a wonderful meal in the marquee.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Loads of people come every single day.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49But if there's functions, there's like, one thousand, one million,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52something like that, for an estimate!
0:09:52 > 0:09:59Other religions can come to the temple if they want,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02it doesn't really matter to us.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07It makes my stomach rumble when I smell this, it's like... Oh, man!
0:10:07 > 0:10:09You can't describe it! Mmm!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Nice, hot food is good for you.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15There's my dad over there.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Remember, don't tell anyone we've got a colourful,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20messy surprise for him in mind!
0:10:23 > 0:10:28That reminds me - we better get changed into our old clothes.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35We've got our old clothes on now, time for the fun to begin. Yeah!
0:10:40 > 0:10:45The bags of paint we have been busy preparing will be handed out now.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Can we start now?
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Ah-ha! The colourful, messy surprise was throwing paint!
0:10:54 > 0:10:58It's a trick to play on people, just like Lord Krishna did.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03- We love throwing the paint. - Happy Holi!- It's really fun.
0:11:06 > 0:11:12Dad hasn't got any paint on him yet, I think it's time to now!
0:11:12 > 0:11:16This is the moment when I get to play the trick on Dad. Yeah!
0:11:16 > 0:11:22Look how much paint is on him! Nearly as much as me!
0:11:31 > 0:11:34After the paint throwing we get cleaned up
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and ready for the evening celebrations.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43At Holi, a bonfire is lit.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48We have to stay back, to keep safe.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54The bonfire is colourful, like the paints we were throwing.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56It's really bright.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Thanks for coming to our Holi celebration.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04It's great to celebrate. Bye!
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Wow! All that paint throwing was fantastic!
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Even the adults joined in!
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Oh, but remember, you're never allowed to throw paint around.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Not unless you're at a Holi festival,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and lots of grown-ups say you can.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Well, uh...we'll put that back later, shall we?
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Right! Time for a colourful little party of my own, I think!
0:12:32 > 0:12:37# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate
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0:12:41 > 0:12:45# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate
0:12:45 > 0:12:49# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate
0:12:53 > 0:12:57# We're so excited cos it's going to be
0:12:57 > 0:13:01# A party time for all our friends and family
0:13:01 > 0:13:05# We're getting ready We'll have so much fun
0:13:05 > 0:13:09# So come and join in, everyone
0:13:09 > 0:13:12# Cos it's time for us to celebrate
0:13:12 > 0:13:17# It's time for us to celebrate It's great to celebrate
0:13:17 > 0:13:21# Today is such a special day It's great to celebrate
0:13:21 > 0:13:25# It's time for you and me to celebrate
0:13:29 > 0:13:32# So jump to your feet and dance with us
0:13:32 > 0:13:36# Clap your hands and cheer
0:13:36 > 0:13:41# Cos it's time for us to celebrate
0:13:41 > 0:13:44# It's good to celebrate Time for us to celebrate
0:13:44 > 0:13:48# Cos today is such a special day
0:13:48 > 0:13:52# It's time for you and me to celebrate
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