Other variations
Friends form groups on Holi, play drums and music, sing and dance, as they move from one stop to another.
In the Braj region around Mathura, in north India, the festivities may last more than a week. The rituals go beyond playing with colours, and include a day where men go around with shields and women have the right to playfully beat them on their shields with sticks.[40]
In south India, some worship and make offerings to Kaamadeva, the love god of Indian mythology.