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WATCH: India prepares for Holi festival

Agence France-Presse
March 16, 2019 | 10:00am
WATCH: India prepares for Holi festival
An Indian labourer sieves coloured powder to be used during the upcoming spring festival of Holi, inside a factory at Fulbari village on the outskirts of Siliguri on March 10, 2019. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colours is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 21 this year.
AFP/Diptendu DuttaI

FULBARI, India — Villagers in northeastern India prepare colored powders ahead of Holi, the Hindu spring festival of color.

The colored powder, known as "gulal," will be used during the forthcoming spring festival of Holi.

Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and this year will take place on March 21.

HOLI FESTIVAL

INDIA
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