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Colourful cultural performances at the Auckland Faag Mahotsav 2021.
Convened by the Hindu Elders Foundation, the Mahotsav organising group included the Auckland Indian Association, Bharatiya Samaj Charitable Trust, Gujarati Samaj New Zealand, New Zealand Indian Senior Citizens' Association, Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust, Telangana Jagruthi New Zealand.
The ancient Hindu festival is a spring carnival celebrated widely in India and many other countries, including Fiji, to farewell winter, and also to mark good harvest.
It is known as the festival of colours because the celebrations involve people spraying each other with coloured water or coloured powder and/or water.
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One of the key dignitaries at the Auckland Faag Mahotsav, Judge Ajit Singh, lights a diya to kick off festivities at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre.