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Stunning Pictures of South Africans Celebrating Holi for the First Time
10,000 came out in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Holi made its way to South Africa this weekend, where thousands of Cape Town residents flung colored packets of corn flour at each other. It's the first time the Hindu festival has been celebrated in the country.
Not everyone was so thrilled about the event, however. Some Hindus struck back at what they saw as commercialization of a religious event. According to the South African Times: