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    More than a thousand people take part in the Holi Festival celebrations at Hindu temple in Lemont.

  • A man takes part in the Holi Festival celebrations at...

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    A man takes part in the Holi Festival celebrations at Hindu temple in Lemont.

  • Women take part in the Holi Festival celebrations at Hindu...

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    Women take part in the Holi Festival celebrations at Hindu temple, in Lemont on March 12, 2017.

  • A woman reacts after having colored powder smeared on her...

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    A woman reacts after having colored powder smeared on her face by a friend friend during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India, on March 13, 2017.

  • An Indian reveler reacts as he is smeared with colored...

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    An Indian reveler reacts as he is smeared with colored powder by a friend during Holi celebrations in Bangalore.

  • A woman takes part in the Holi Festival celebrations at...

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    A woman takes part in the Holi Festival celebrations at Hindu temple in Lemont.

  • People dance as color is sprayed around during Holi on...

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    People dance as color is sprayed around during Holi on March 13, 2017, in Guwahati, India. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India.

  • A roadside vendor drinks tea next to water guns and...

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    A roadside vendor drinks tea next to water guns and packets of colored powders at a market stall before Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India.

  • Indians dance as colors are sprayed during the Holi celebrations...

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    Indians dance as colors are sprayed during the Holi celebrations in Gauhati, India.

  • Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors,...

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    Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors, in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh state on March 12, 2017. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month.

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Holi is the Hindu “festival of colors,” celebrated in the spring throughout India and Nepal. In recent years, the festivities have spread to other parts of the world, including Lemont, Ill., where people gathered at the town’s Hindu Temple on Sunday.