Celebrate Holi: The Hindu Festival of Color
Playing with color during Holi celebrations in Vrindavan, India (Photo: Getty)
Imagine throwing unlimited amounts of MAC pigment powder under the sun at your friends, family, and total strangers. That’s the basic gist of how you celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi, also known as the festival of colors or festival of love. To mark the approach of the spring equinox on March 20, Holi celebrations are happening around the world today, from New York to New Delhi to London. Traditionally, dry powder with colors derived from natural plants like turmeric are used, but nowadays, commercially derived pigments are used, too.
Holi celebrations at the Banke Bihari temple (Photo: Getty)
To celebrate, you’re allowed to smear colored powder onto anyone participating—yes, even on their faces and hair—and the result is a gorgeous human kaleidoscope that rivals the spring blossoms. This is one occasion when you really shouldn’t worry about messing up your hair or makeup. And you don’t have to be practicing Hindu to participate—these celebrations are open to anyone willing to share in the joy of uninhibited, messy color.
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