YEAR 3 and 4 children at Landscore Primary School celebrated the traditional Hindu Festival, Holi, during school last week.
The festival took place this year on Monday and Tuesday, March 9 and 10.
In RE the children have been exploring Hinduism with Miss Gorania, a student teacher from Exeter University.
She also taught everyone about different Hindu traditions and beliefs.
The Holi festival is known as "the festival of colours" as it is where people welcome in spring by throwing coloured powder in the air and covering themselves in these bright, vibrant colours.
One of the legends behind the colours during Holi is about the love shared between the Hindu deities Radha and Krishna (who is depicted with blue skin).
Krishna fell in love with Radha, but was worried their different skin colours would keep them apart.
Krishna’s mother encouraged him to smear a brightly coloured powder on Radha’s face and they fell madly in love.
The children really enjoyed learning about this festival and it was a really wonderful experience to take part in. ORDER YOUR DIGITAL EDITION HERE