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{{short description|Celebrating Holi Festival bathing in Mud In India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
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|holiday_name = Mud Fest
|type = cultural
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|official_name = Mud Fest
|nickname = Mud bathing, Kichad Holi
|observedby = [[Surat]], Gujarat, India
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|longtype =
|significance = Mark spring and celebrate eco-friendly Holi
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|month = March
|celebrations = Mud bathing, Rain dancing
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|relatedto = Holi
|frequency = annual
|duration = 1 day
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'''Mud Fest''' annual [[Holi]] festival organized in the city of [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], India to mark the Spring festivities of Holi since 2015.

Mud Fest was started as an alternative to the popular way of playing Holi or Dhuleti played with chemical colours, by substituting them with [[Fuller's earth]] mixed with herbs. A giant swimming pool is filled with Fuller’s earth mixed with nearly 169 herbal plants having ayurvedic medicinal properties. Founder of Mud Fest, Ornob Moitra says, “The special mud used during Holi is prepared by crushing [[neem]] leaves, rose petals, sandalwood paste, multani mitti and mixing all ingredients.” It is incidentally one of the diamond city, Surat’s biggest annual cultural festivities."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mirror |first1=Mumbai |title=Happy Holi 2018 LIVE updates: India celebrates the festival |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/happy-holi-2018-live-updates-celebrations-begin-across-india/articleshow/63133444.cms |website=Mumbai Mirror |publisher=Times of India |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=of India |first1=The Times |title=Live: Holi celebration across India and world |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-celebrates-holi/liveblog/63133282.cms |website=Indiatimes |publisher=Times of India |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=News Network |first1=Times |title=Mud bath to add patriotic flavour to holi celebrations in Surat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/mud-bath-to-add-patriotic-flavour-to-holi-celebrations-in-surat/articleshow/68472066.cms |website=The Times of India City |publisher=Times News Network |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Events |first1=Eventology |title=MUD FEST 2019 |url=https://www.goeventz.com/event/mud-fest/89562 |website=Go Eventz/ |publisher=Eventology |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://mudfest.in/ Official Website of Mud Fest]

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Culture of Surat]]
[[Category:Holi]]
[[Category:Spring traditions]]
[[Category:Spring festivals]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Gujarat]]
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