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# Can't wait to celebrate

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# It's great to celebrate

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# Can't wait to celebrate

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# It's great to celebrate! #

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Oh, hello! Thomas Ticker here.

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I'm in an arty mood, so thought I'd get my paints out.

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Except, I can't think what to paint!

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All these brilliant colours and I can't think what to do!

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Never mind, there's the Hindu Festival of Colours to show you.

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It's called Holi.

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And Sumedh is getting ready to celebrate it.

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I can't wait!

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Hi, I'm Sumedh. I'm getting ready to celebrate a cultural Hindu festival,

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Holi!

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Holi is a wonderful festival, because spring has arrived!

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Come on, we need to get ready!

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We have a shrine in our house.

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We worship here every single day.

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Later we're going to a humungous temple where Hindus worship.

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This is the Lord Krishna.

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He likes playing tricks on people, a bit like me!

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-Got you!

-Oh!

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Mum's making a kind of paint, called tika.

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It's a traditional mark we give people

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when they come to our home on special occasions.

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Mum puts it on boys, with a stick, and girls, with her finger.

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Let's see. Hmmm, yeah, that looks nice.

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I like it.

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That must be Purvaja.

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Hello, Purvaja

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-Hello Sumedh. Holi Badhai Ho.

-Holi Badhai Ho.

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'That means, "Let this day of Holi bring you prosperity and good luck"

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'in the Hindi language.'

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Me and Purvaja are going to be helping my mum make a tasty treat

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called Besan Ladoo.

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To make it, what you will need is flour,

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ghee, which is like butter, sugar, cardamom - that's a spice -

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raisins, and cashew nuts.

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Now she is frying raisins with the cashew nuts and ghee,

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making me too hungry!

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It smells yummy!

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She's putting the sugar in now.

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Just a sprinkle.

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The cardamom is going in - it makes the Besan Ladoo taste nice.

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I can't wait till it's finished!

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Now she is putting more ghee in. It sticks it all together.

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You have to mix the mixture really hard.

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We are going to shape them into ladoos.

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That's a kind of ball shape.

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We offer the Besan Ladoo to the gods before we can taste them ourselves.

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Mmm! This is really tasty.

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I don't usually wear old clothes to temple but today I will need some,

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because later there is going to be a colourful messy surprise.

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These are a bit too new.

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I'm not having these, otherwise they will get spoiled.

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These pants and this t-shirt are too dark.

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Let's see. These are perfect!

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The temple is really beautiful.

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Everyone is welcome, especially on Holi.

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We're helping to prepare for the celebrations later.

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Do you remember that I told you this festival is colourful?

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Well, later on there will be lots of colour.

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That's why we're putting the coloured paint into bags.

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It's going to be so much fun!

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I've got a very messy, colourful surprise planned for my dad!

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Can you guess what it is? Don't tell anyone! See you at the celebration!

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I'm really excited!

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I've been inspired by all that painting.

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I found some face-paints at the bottom of a drawer.

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Are you ready?

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Ta-dah!

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Rrrraaaargh!

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What do you think, Sprocket?

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Ha-ha! I think I got a bit carried away!

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Traditionally, Holi marks the beginning of spring.

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And, hey, there are some brilliant dances that celebrate Holi,

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would you like to see one?

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No? You don't want to see me dance, no!

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I've got some friend who are much better than I am!

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HINDI MUSIC PLAYS

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Phew! I'm exhausted just watching that!

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Sumedh is going to have the Holi celebration now.

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I think it's going to get messy!

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Ooh! Ha-ha! It just got messy in here! I'll have to clear that up!

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Well, never mind!

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We're about to go into the temple.

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But before we go in, we've got to take our shoes off.

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It's our way of keeping the temple special. And clean, I suppose!

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At home, we worship at our shrine, but here at the temple

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we get together with friends and relatives to worship.

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Everyone sits on the floor.

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The temple is very beautiful and colourful.

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Look at our statues of the gods,

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and a shrine just like we have at home.

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There are carvings of elephants too.

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Behind the curtain is the Balaji god.

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We leave presents for the gods.

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Those sticks are called incense sticks.

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They give the temple a lovely smell.

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Our temple is like one you would find in the south of India.

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Everyone is welcome here, especially today.

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It's time for us to eat now.

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The temple gives everyone a wonderful meal in the marquee.

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Loads of people come every single day.

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But if there's functions, there's like, one thousand, one million,

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something like that, for an estimate!

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Other religions can come to the temple if they want,

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it doesn't really matter to us.

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It makes my stomach rumble when I smell this, it's like... Oh, man!

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You can't describe it! Mmm!

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Nice, hot food is good for you.

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There's my dad over there.

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Remember, don't tell anyone we've got a colourful,

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messy surprise for him in mind!

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That reminds me - we better get changed into our old clothes.

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We've got our old clothes on now, time for the fun to begin. Yeah!

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The bags of paint we have been busy preparing will be handed out now.

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Can we start now?

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Ah-ha! The colourful, messy surprise was throwing paint!

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It's a trick to play on people, just like Lord Krishna did.

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-We love throwing the paint.

-Happy Holi!

-It's really fun.

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Dad hasn't got any paint on him yet, I think it's time to now!

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This is the moment when I get to play the trick on Dad. Yeah!

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Look how much paint is on him! Nearly as much as me!

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After the paint throwing we get cleaned up

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and ready for the evening celebrations.

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At Holi, a bonfire is lit.

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We have to stay back, to keep safe.

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The bonfire is colourful, like the paints we were throwing.

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It's really bright.

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Thanks for coming to our Holi celebration.

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It's great to celebrate. Bye!

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Wow! All that paint throwing was fantastic!

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Even the adults joined in!

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Oh, but remember, you're never allowed to throw paint around.

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Not unless you're at a Holi festival,

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and lots of grown-ups say you can.

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Well, uh...we'll put that back later, shall we?

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Right! Time for a colourful little party of my own, I think!

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# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate

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# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate

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# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate

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# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate

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# We're so excited cos it's going to be

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# A party time for all our friends and family

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# We're getting ready We'll have so much fun

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# So come and join in, everyone

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# Cos it's time for us to celebrate

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# It's time for us to celebrate It's great to celebrate

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# Today is such a special day It's great to celebrate

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# It's time for you and me to celebrate

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# So jump to your feet and dance with us

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# Clap your hands and cheer

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# Cos it's time for us to celebrate

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# It's good to celebrate Time for us to celebrate

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# Cos today is such a special day

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# It's time for you and me to celebrate

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# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate

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# It's great to celebrate! #

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