<Dt> The after party </Dt> <P> After a day of play with colours, people clean up, wash and bathe, sober up and dress up in the evening and greet friends and relatives by visiting them and exchanging sweets . Holi is also a festival of forgiveness and new starts, which ritually aims to generate harmony in the society . </P> <P> Holi (Hindi: होली, Marathi: होळी, Nepali: होली, Punjabi: ਹੋਲੀ, Kannada: ಹೋಳಿ, Telugu: హోళి) is also known as Phakuwa or Phagwah (Assamese: ফাকুৱা), Festival of Colours, or Dola jātra in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Assamese: দ'ল যাত্ৰা) or Basanto utsav ("spring festival") in West Bengal and Assam . The customs and celebrations vary between regions of India . </P> <P> Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally associated with the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, and Barsana, which become touristic during the season of Holi . </P>

By what name is holi known in west bengal and orissa