Holi Festival – level 2
02-04-2021 07:00
People in India celebrated the ancient Holi festival this week. Holi is a popular festival when people celebrate spring, love, and friendship.
Holi lasts one night and day and it takes place in March. The date changes every year because it takes place on the full moon. Millions of people throw colored powder at each other and they celebrate in the streets. In the evening, they dress up and visit relatives and friends, and they give each other sweets.
This year’s festival was different. The government asked people to stay at home because the number of COVID-19 cases started to grow again. In the past week, there were more than 60,000 new cases every day. Almost 162,000 people died from COVID-19 since spring last year.
Difficult words: ancient (something very old or something that existed long time ago), friendship (when two people are friends), dress up (to dress in smart or formal clothes).
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