Star Photo
Laura Marcus
Monday, May 2, 2016
Children painted the town and themselves red at the their own 'festival of colours' to mark the Hindu spring tradition.
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Also called 'Holi', the vividly visual celebration was brought to life at Daisy Chain Nursery in Wigston, Leicester, with the children getting stuck into a week of activities, including smothering themselves in the powder paint they'd made themselves from cornflour and food colouring.