The next day, people gather in the streets to dance, enjoy sweets and snacks, and throw powder and colored water, sometimes using water guns or balloons to soak others. Holi takes place on a ...

Millions of people around the world are celebrating Holi at the moment. It's a Hindu spring festival that came from India but is now celebrated all over the world. Holi is also known as the ...

The processions are full of drumbeats, songs, colorful powder and flower petals thrown into the air. In southern India, where Holi is not celebrated as widely, many temples carry out religious rites.

The most popular part of Holi celebrations is the throwing of the colors, where large crowds gather with music and dancing and throw colored powder on each other. Holi is a great opportunity for ...

“It’s a great way to get everyone together and celebrate the Indian community,” Jain said. Holi participants dance and throw colored powder during the annual Holi celebration hosted by Boston ...

On the day of Holi, people throw colored powders called gulal on ... Red dye represents love, blue powder represents the Hindu god Krishna and green dye is indicative of new beginnings.

Holi powder is a colorful powder traditionally used during the festival to symbolize joy and the start of new beginnings, and people playfully throw it at each other during the celebration.

Spring’s arrival may be uncertain after the groundhog’s prediction, but Holi, the Hindu festival ... of colored water and bright powder. “One, two, three — throw color,” Menka Soni ...

and is known for the colorful powder thrown into the air by participants. Prashant Kakad, who owns Bollywood Dreams Entertainment and nonprofit Dance United, has been hosting local Holi ...

And we do mean colorful — called the Festival of Colors, Holi is celebrated with the help of brightly dyed powder and water that’s thrown onto revelers. Though the festival has been ...