Hindu devotees bathe in River Ganges, holy to Hindus, during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Devout Hindus bathe in the Ganges during the months-long festival with the belief that it will cleanse them of their sins and free them from the cycle of life and rebirth (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Women hit men with whips made of cloth, torn apart from men’s clothing on the occasion of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at the Dauji Temple in Dauji, 180 kilometers (113 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 2, 2010.