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Watch: In this ‘Joota Maar’ Holi tradition, people hurl shoes at designated ‘British ruler of India’

Shajanpur in UP celebrated ‘Joota Maar’ (shoe throwing) where a ‘Laat Sahab’ representing a British coloniser is paraded on a buffalo cart.

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Mar 29, 2021 · 06:55 pm

#WATCH: People in Shahjahanpur celebrate traditional 'joota maar' #Holi where a person is designated as a 'Laat Sahab' - personifying a Britisher- & paraded around on a buffalo cart & shoes are hurled at him. Security forces are deployed for the security of the 'Laat Sahab'. pic.twitter.com/o9zxb3HNyF

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 29, 2021
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