Holi 2024: The Festival of Colors

This week, Hindus around the world are celebrating Holi, the “festival of colors”—a springtime celebration where revelers throw brightly colored powders at friends and strangers alike. Participants gather to welcome the arrival of spring, commemorate Krishna’s pranks, and allow one another a chance to drop inhibitions and simply play and dance together. Gathered below are images of this year’s Holi festivals from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kenya, and the U.S.

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Students play with colors ahead of Holi festival outside Mata Sundri College in New Delhi, India, on March 21, 2024. #

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Hindu devotees play with water and colorful powders at Radha Rani Temple of Nandgaon, India, during the Holi festival on March 19, 2024. #

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A student smiles, covered in colored powder, ahead of Holi, in Lucknow, India, on March 22, 2024. #

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Devotees cheer as colored powder and water are sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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Women spray colored powder on revelers during Holi in Guwahati, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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A Hindu devotee has colored hands at the Radha Rani Temple in Nandgaon on March 19, 2024. #

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Women cover one another with colored powder as they celebrate Holi in Chennai, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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Young men with their faces painted silver ride a motorbike during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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Revelers dance during celebrations to mark Holi in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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A boy reacts during celebrations of the Hindu spring festival of Holi at a school for children with special needs in Mumbai on March 22, 2024. #

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People spray water over a crowd during Holi celebrations in Pushkar, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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Women celebrate Holi in Bengaluru, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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People dance during Holi festivities in Guwahati on March 25, 2024. #

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Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon celebrate Holi at Nandagram Temple in Nandgaon village, 70 miles south of New Delhi, on March 19, 2024. #

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A swarm of bees attacks a drunk man during Holi celebrations in Guwahati on March 25, 2024. #

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Women celebrate Holi at the Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 24, 2024. #

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People take part in a Holi celebration in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on March 24, 2024. #

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Thousands of people dance as they throw colored powder and spray water during Holi celebrations in Prayagraj, India, on March 25, 2024. #

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People smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, on March.25, 2024. #

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People covered in many colors take part in the Holi festival in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 24, 2024. #

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A person plays in a pond during Holi celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 24, 2024. #

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