Streets across the Indian subcontinent became playgrounds on Thursday as revelers threw colored powder and water at each other to celebrate Holi, also known as the Hindu festival of color. Holi is ...

Yellow is one of the most popular colors thrown during Holi. Called gulal, the fine powder is made from a mixture of starch and dyes. One factory in India, Radha Kishan Color World, produces 2,000 ...

In India, spring officially begins with the festival of Holi. The date is not fixed, but follows the lunar calendar. It's celebrated on the full moon day, the poornima, closest to the spring equinox – ...

Holi, also known as the festival of colors, is a holiday commonly celebrated by gathering and throwing colored powder, or “Gulal.” This year, Holi (pronounced “ho-LEE”) falls on Friday, March 18. Here ...

It’s the bold image of India most often seen in ad campaigns, films and music videos: People coming together from all walks of life to sing, dance and splash their friends and family with colored ...

NEW DELHI — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, Friday by splashing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on ...

Holi festival at the Laxmi-Narayan Mandir in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (photo by BC NDP via Flickr) I've never been fortunate enough to time my visits to "the Motherland" around the time of ...