Others make naked idols of mud, and place them on the tops of houses.[50]
The day following the Holi is known as Dhul Pādavo or Dhuleti. On this day people indulge in the throwing of cow-dung, black pigments, urine, mud, coloured water and red powder.[50]
In some places, on the Dhuleti day, a game is played with a cocoanut. The players form themselves into two parties and stand opposite to one another. Midway between them is placed a cocoanut. Each party tries to take away the cocoanut, and prevents the other from so doing by throwing stones and cow-dung cakes. The party which succeeds in taking away the cocoanut wins the game.[51]
Amongst Dheds, Kolis, Rāvals and other low castes a post of the wood of the tamarind tree is planted in the ground and surrounded by women holding whips and cords in their hands. A party of men run to the women to drive them away and take possession of the post. The women prevent them from doing so by striking them with all their might with the whips and cords in their hands. This struggle commences at 10 A. M. on the Dhuleti day and continues till one o’clock in the morning on the following day. At last the men succeed in carrying away the post, thus ending the game.[52]
In some places, a man is tied to a bier as if he were a corpse, and carried on the shoulders of four men to the post of tamarind wood, followed by a party of men and women wailing aloud, to the great merriment of the crowd assembled near the post to witness the struggle described above.[53]
Sometimes contests are held between two parties of boys in singing vulgar songs. The contest commences by one of the parties singing a song. The other party responds to it by singing another song, which is generally more indecent than the song sung first. The contest goes on like this, and the party which fails to respond to its rival is said to be defeated.[53]
The immoral practices described above are only to be seen among low caste people, and even their women take part in these practices.
The women of higher castes wear rich clothes and ornaments on the Dhuleti day, and sing songs in their houses. At times they throw coloured water and red powder at each other.[54]
In big temples a festivity called Ful Dol is observed, in which water coloured with the flowers of the Khākhra (Butea frondosa) is thrown by the party assembled, and kundaliās or indecent songs are sung in a loud voice.[55]
In some temples, holy songs are sung at night and prayers are held. At the end, fried juvāri, gram and sweets are distributed as the grace of God.[56]