Holi Celebrations Welcome Spring With Brilliant Colors

Widows take part in Holi celebrations in the town of Vrindavan in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and this year is celebrated on March 13.

Hindu devotees during the religious festival in Nandgaon village, in Uttar Pradesh.

Holi marks the welcoming of spring and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, with people chasing each other and playfully splashing colorful paint, powder and water on each other.

A boy celebrates Holi in Nandgaon village.

Hindu devotees take part in the religious festival in Nandgaon village.

A woman during Holi celebrations in the town of Barsana in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Indian Hindu devotees celebrate the spring festival of colors in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

A young man has colored powder thrown at him during celebrations of the Holi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Indian revelers play with colors in Chennai, India.

A Sadhu or Hindu holy man celebrates the Holi festival in Amritsar, India.

A girl reacts as colored water is thrown on her face in Mumbai.

Hindu devotees throw colored powder on each other inside Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, India.

A Hindu boy with his face covered in colors celebrates the festival of Holi in Karachi, Pakistan.

A Hindu devotee holds a water gun during the Holi festival in Nandgaon.

Women cover their faces during Holi celebrations in the town of Barsana.

People take part in the celebrations in the town of Vrindavan in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Indians dance as colors are sprayed in Gauhati, India.

Indians with faces smeared in color dance in Gauhati, India.

Widows take part in Holi celebrations in the town of Vrindavan in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.