In different parts of India, this holiday is celebrated very differently. In the north, it is very solemn and followers fast until midnight when they break the fast by eating a sweet. In the south, it is full of fun and frolic. Huge human pyramids are made to reach high placed clay jars filled with buttermilk or a mixture of Ganga water, milk, ghee, curd, & honey. Some children are known to dress up as Krishna, painting themselves blue while carrying a flute and wearing a peacock feather in their hair.
