Millions of people celebrate Holi, Hindu festival of colors

AP PHOTOS: With a kaleidoscope of colors, the Hindu festival of Holi signals the arrival of spring
Millions of Indians on Friday celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink, and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.
Water Balloons and Bollywood, India covers itself with color on Holi festival
The vivid festival marks the beginning of spring, symbolizes the defeat of evil and celebrates the love between the Hindu deities Krishna and Radha.
People share music, color powder and food at Hindu Holi festival in Bethany
We spread the color on each other until at some point, there’s enough color on everybody that you’re not different from the next person,” said volunteer Kishore Pathial.
Millions of people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors
Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on traditional sweets prepared for the occasion.
India celebrates Holi festival of colors to mark start of spring
India celebrated the Holi festival on March 14, with thousands gathering in Uttar Pradesh to cover each other in colored water and powder. Known as the Festival of Colors, Love and Spring, Holi is considered by Hindus a way to say farewell to winter,
Hindus celebrate Holi with colours of joy
The Hindu community in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad celebrated the festival of Holi with religious zeal and enthusiasm. Known as the festival of colours or the festival of love, the Hindu community organised Holi celebrations at the two major temples in Rawalpindi,
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A manager's message prohibiting Holi celebrations at work, coupled with no leave for the festival, sparked outrage on Reddit.