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In the Caribbean, this holiday is called phagwa (PAG-wah). A song popular on this holiday has a refrain about a girl who became an alcoholic after being splashed with water. Children go door-to-door for gifts on the first two days of this holiday in one region, where it is merged with the Yaosang festival. In (10[1])one place, part of this holiday involved women playfully beating men with sticks while chanting ■END■

ANSWER: Holi [or Phagwa or Yaosang or Festival of Colors before mentioned] (The song mentioned is "Balam Pichkari")
<Eric Mukherjee , Religion - Hinduism>
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