Lathmar Holi Photos: Women Beat Men with Sticks in Hindu Festival of Color

By David Sim On 2/27/18 at 4:33 AM EST

Men sing provocative songs at women, who then use huge wooden sticks to "beat" the men as they crouch on the ground while holding shields.

Lathmar Holi Photos: Women Beat Men with Sticks in Hindu Festival of Color Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Men sing provocative songs at women, who then use huge wooden sticks to "beat" the men as they crouch on the ground holding shields.

Indian women beat men with sticks during celebrations of Lathmar Holi (the Hindu Festival of Color) in Barsana in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Dominique Faget/AFP