Lydia Martinez, 3, throws colored powder in the air during the Holi celebration at Navy Pier. The Hindu tradition marks the beginning of spring and the victory of good over evil.

It's the Hindu festival of Holi, and here's what you need to know about it. ... People from all backgrounds are encouraged to get involved. ... (where attendees are encouraged to wear white).

Holi is known as the Festival of Colors. It’s an important holiday for Indian and South Asian communities, celebrated by throwing colored powder, lighting bonfires and having water gun fights.

A photo of a dog in India on a scooter, its forehead daubed with colored powder, is a potent symbol of how many households treat pets as family and include them in festivities, including Holi.

Students color each other with Holi powder at Regents Plaza April 7. Keith Melong/Daily. ... “You’ll see a bunch of us wearing white, so we’re just going to throw powdered color on everyone. It’s just ...

Baton Rouge's Holi Festival has been moved to March 30, but the events will still take place at Repentance Park at 275 S. River Road, Baton Rouge. Holi is considered one of the most revered ...

A crowd celebrates Holi in Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Ore., on March 29, 2025. Joni Land / OPB. Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square briefly went from a sea of red brick to a mosaic ...

Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural and religious significance. Typically observed in March in India, Nepal ...

On Holi, Rainbow pulled out all the stops. Program participants arrived around 9:30 a.m. and prayed in an in-house worship space. Women dressed in colorful saris and streaked one another’s faces ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, began March 14, but people can still celebrate the occasion in central Ohio. The spring festival marks the end of winter and the beginning of ...