Holi is a Hindu festival which marks the coming of spring. It is observed in north India at the end of winter on the last full moon of the month, and this year will be celebrated on 13 March. Lath mar Holi, or ‘Holi in which people hit with sticks’, is a local celebration of the festival, which takes place in the neighbouring villages of Barsana and Nandgaon in Uttar Pradesh