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Holi participants dance and throw colored powder during the annual Holi celebration hosted by Boston University’s Hindu Cultural Association Saturday at BU Beach. Holi, also called the Festival of Colors, is a Hindu celebration of unity and new beginnings. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston students gather for colorful Holi celebration at BU Beach

Charlie Johnson March 23, 2025
Flocks of students stepped through the arches next to Marsh Chapel Saturday afternoon sporting white T-shirts and pink wristbands to participate in the annual Holi celebration at Boston University Beach.
Holi participants dance to music and throw colored powder in the air at the festival on Cummington Mall. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: BU colors Cummington Mall for Holi

Corinne Davidson April 4, 2024

  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...

A crowd cheers during Holi.

BU Hindu Cultural Association celebrates Holi

Andrew Burke-Stevenson March 30, 2023
BU Hindu Cultural Association put on a 2-hour Holi celebration this past Sunday in Cummington Mall.
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GALLERY: Holi at Boston University

Taylor Coester April 3, 2022

Boston University Hindu Students Council hosted a celebration for Holi, the Hindu festival of love, color and the coming of spring, at Cummington Mall from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 20. The celebration...

person sitting underneath a blooming tree on the charles river esplanade

Your time to bloom will come

Veronica Thompson April 29, 2021
We are constantly flourishing through formative experiences, whether we are conscious of it or not.
Splash, an annual event on Nickerson Field, lets students learn about all the clubs and organizations available at BU. MIKE DESOCIO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Out and About: Campus events you can’t miss

J.D. Capelouto June 10, 2015

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MAHDI: Counting Down

Daily Free Press Admin April 29, 2013

I have 14 days. 336 hours. 20,160 minutes. 1,209,600 seconds until my adventure in Washington, D.C. comes to an end. My soon-to-be-used storage boxes lie in front of my door staring at me as I come and...

MULTIMEDIA: Boston University celebrates Holi 2012

Daily Free Press Admin April 15, 2012

By Frankie Barbato, Spotlight Editor For anyone walking past the BU Beach Saturday afternoon, the sight of students dancing to the blasting music while splattered in paint seemed a little strange. However,...

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