Spring colors on display as Hindus celebrate Holi

Mar 7, 2017

Spring colors on display as Hindus celebrate Holi

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun colors, festival, Hindu, Holi, Indian

Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors, during a traditional gathering at Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh state on March 7, 2017. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year.

: In this photograph taken on March 6, 2017, Indian devotees throw colored powder during celebrations for Lathmar Holi in Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the actual festival – it translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks”. (STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

: In this photograph taken on March 6, 2017, Indian women beat men with sticks (Lathi) during celebrations for Lathmar Holi in Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the actual festival – it translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks”. (STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

: In this photograph taken on March 6, 2017, Indian devotees throw colored powder during celebrations for Lathmar Holi in Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the actual festival – it translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks”. (STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

: In this photograph taken on March 6, 2017, Indian devotees covered in colored powder look on as a drummer plays during celebrations for Lathmar Holi in Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the actual festival – it translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks”. (STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors, during a traditional gathering at Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh state on March 7, 2017. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian students dance at an event to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi in Kolkata on March 7, 2017. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian students smear colored powder at an event to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi in Kolkata on March 7, 2017. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian students smear colored powder at an event to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi in Kolkata on March 7, 2017. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian children walk among dancing students at an event to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi in Kolkata on March 7, 2017. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian students smear colored powder at an event to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi in Kolkata on March 7, 2017. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors, during a traditional gathering at Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh state on March 7, 2017. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colors, during a traditional gathering at Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh state on March 7, 2017. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 13 this year. (AFP/Getty Images)

: In this photograph taken on March 6, 2017, Indian women beat men with sticks (Lathi) during celebrations for Lathmar Holi in Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the actual festival – it translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks”. (STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

: In this photograph taken on March 6, 2017, Indian women beat men with sticks (Lathi) during celebrations for Lathmar Holi in Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the actual festival – it translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks”. (STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

: In this photograph taken on March 6, 2017, Indian women beat men with sticks (Lathi) during celebrations for Lathmar Holi in Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the actual festival – it translates as ‘that Holi in which people hit with sticks”. (STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

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