絵 the town red... and yellow and pink: みごたえのある photos show an 爆発 of colour at the Indian 巡礼者 場所／位置 where the Hindu festival of Holi is celebrated for 16 days

A man covered in colourful 砕く during the Holi 祝賀s in Vrindavan, northern India, where the festival is celebrated for 16 days

The festival 示すs the end of winter and the beginning of spring and is usually celebrated for just two days in the month of Phalguna. Above, a boy sprays a can of paint over the （人が）群がるs

Vrindavan is 恐らく where the god Krishna spent his childhood so festivities last 16 days with events before and after the main day

During Holi, social 障壁s are broken. People from all walks of life feast together, 関わりなく differences in age, sex, status and caste. Above, a girl throws handfuls of petals

Men and women of all castes celebrate the 年次の festival together. Above, two men smear colouful 砕く across one another's 直面するs

A woman lights a candle at Banke Bihari 寺, one of the places where the celebrating （人が）群がるs have gathered in the small town

によれば Pascal Mannaerts, it is a time that lower castes 'have the 権利 to 侮辱 those to whom they had to 屈服する throughout the year'

There's been 言及／関連s in Sanskrit texts to 類似の festivals, like ratnavali, where people sprayed coloured water using bamboo 洗浄器／皮下注射／浣腸器s

The origin of the modern Holi festival has been traced to 古代の Bengal where people went to Krishna 寺s, 適用するd red colour to the icon and then 分配するd the red-coloured 砕く to family and friends

Phalguna, on the Hindu calendar, 落ちるs in February or March on the Gregorian calendar but there are also Holi-主題d festivals celebrating Holi at other times of the year

同様に as coloured 砕くs, which can stain the 肌 (left), revel lers also throw petals, like those that cover the man on the 権利

Holi 減ずるs momentarily rigorous social 基準s, 含むing the differences between age, sex, status and caste. Rich and poor, men and women, all celebrate the occasion together

A man gives 祈り at the Banke Bihari 寺.?初めは, Holi was said to be a festival for good 収穫s and fertility of the land

（人が）群がるs gather to celebrate Holi at Banke Bihari 寺.?At the 寺s, the priests will throw 砕くs and spray water over revellers

There's dancing during the day. Above, the （人が）群がるs wait to be covered in the colourful 砕くs by the priests at?Banke Bihari 寺

Old 着せる／賦与するs are recommended for the festival while those worried about getting stained by the colours should 適用する oils to their 肌 first?

同様に as inside 寺s and 宗教上の places, the festivities also take place in the streets. Above, even a cow has gotten 伴う／関わるd

Colourful 砕く (above) is placed, smeared and thrown everywhere - on buildings, animals and people - to celebrate the start of spring