GALLERY: BU colors Cummington Mall for Holi

by Corinne Davidson, Kate Kotlyar, Zoe Ku, Molly Potter, Zach Schwartz and Xiaoya Shao

The Boston University Hindu Cultural Association hosted a vibrant Holi celebration on March 30. Holi is a Hindu holiday celebrating the triumph of good over evil and the arrival of spring.

A chalk drawing celebrating the Holi festival. CORINNE DAVIDSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant smears blue powder on a friend. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Holi participants dance to music during festivities. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant throws green powder on a student passing out supplies. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant tosses yellow powder in the air. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant smears blue powder on a friend. CORINNE DAVIDSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

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Holi participants dance to music and throw colored powder in the air at the festival on Cummington Mall. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant takes a photo from a student’s shoulders. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Holi participants smear and throw orange powder on friends during festivities. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Holi participants embrace after throwing colored powder on each other. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Benita Dederichs, a PhD student from Germany, attends Holi for the first time. XIAOYA SHAO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant smacks a friend in the face with red colored powder. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

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Boston University’s Bhangra team performs during Holi festivities. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant throws yellow powder at a friend. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant dips his hands into a cup of pink powder. ZOE KU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant dumps water into the crowd. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A Holi participant shakes pink powder out of her hair. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Arya Daryanani (right) smears green powder onto Baruch Avshalumov’s neck (left). KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Members of Boston University’s facilities management department and members of the Hindu Cultural Association (not pictured) clean up Cummington Mall after Holi. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

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