Locals in Beawar, Rajasthan, took part in a traditional stick dance during Holi festival celebrations in India.

Footage from March 29 shows residents taking to the streets to perform the traditional dance where dancers hold wooden sticks.

Further clips show devotees covering each other in coloured powder as they celebrate the spring festival of colours.

People of various society take part in rajasthani ghoomar dandiya dance on Holi festival celebrations in Beawar, Rajasthan, India, March 29, 2021. People dance with wooden sticks on live music with folk singing. Hundreds of people reached for watching traditional dance.

The spring festival of colours Holi celebrates the killing of Holika in order to save Prahlad, a devotee of God Vishnu and thus Holi gets its name. Holika being consumed by the fire in which she tried to kill her nephew Prahlad. A similar holiday is Holi where people get to gather and often repair broken relationships.

The day after Holika Dahan, Hindu people celebrate Holi with water colours and multi colored powder 'gulal'. Holi festival is considered as an end of winter and arrival of spring. It is also celebrated as victory of good over evil. (Story by Sumit Saraswat)

Hindu priests and devotees take part in a religious procession of Lord Krishna on the occasion of Holi festival amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Beawar, Rajasthan, India, March 29, 2021. During chariot procession, Devotess chanting religious slogans and sung devotional songs. Devotess playing holi with idols of Hindu God Krishna and Goddess Radha.

Indian people throwing colored powder and apply on each other face to celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors. Holi festival is considered as an end of winter and arrival of spring. It is also celebrated as victory of good over evil. (Story by Sumit Saraswat)