People light a bonfire, smear or spray friends and family members with colour and water, and feast on traditional sweets prepared for the occasion. It's one of India's biggest festivals ...

Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated across India with traditional fanfare and gaiety. IMAGE: Women celebrate Holi at Balurghat in Dinajpur, West Bengal. Photograph: ANI Photo IMAGE ...

So Krishna smears color on her so they look alike ... Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. The festival has also been used by the Indian government to project soft power and reshape its image ...

The vivid festival marks the beginning ... and in the U.S, where color-throwing events have been organized over the weekend. But in India, it’s more raucous. Kids especially look forward to ...

although the Indian government promotes national products and return to plant-based dyes. In 2012, around 200 people were admitted to a Mumbai hospital suffering from color poisoning. Much more ...

Jersey City nonprofit organization Surati for Performing Arts will host its 16th annual Surati Holi Hai Color Walk and Festival in June. Learn more and see how to attend.

their foreheads display a sacred stroke of color. This sacred stroke, called tilak, is ubiquitous to the millions of Hindu pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh festival in India's northern Prayagraj ...