New Delhi - XINHUA
Three people were killed Wednesday in south India as the country was celebrating the yearly Holi or festival of colors, said police. In the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, a youth drowned in a well while a six-year-old boy drowned in a water tank when they were bathing after celebrating Holi, during which all people were smeared with colors on their faces and bodies. A youth was killed after a truck knocked him down. Usually people also get drunk during the celebration, dating back thousands of years according to Hindu mythological tradition.