Traditional Hingot festival in Madhya Pradesh

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Indian People throw Hingots at each other as a tradition in Gautampura in Madhya Pradesh. Hingot tradition is an age-old tradition of residents of Gautampura area, about 59 km from Indore city. It is observed on "Dhok Padwa" day, a day after Diwali. In this tradition, warriors in two groups throw Hingots at each other each other with burning Hingots, a hollow fruit shell filled with gunpowder and sealed with soil. After sealing the gunpowder-stuffed fruit with soil, one end is fired up and launched into the sky, which then takes the shape of a fireball. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on