Dhaka, Bangladesh, 08 March youth playing coloured powders during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring. Holi is the festival of colors, fun and frolic and is celebrated by millions of Hindus in the Indian subcontinent to welcome the spring. An ancient Hindu festival, Holi is marked as a triumph of good over evil, and has become popular among non-Hindu
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 08 March youth playing coloured powders during Holi celebrations at the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University. The Holi festival is celebrated to mark the onset of spring, with people from all walks of life coming out on the streets and applying coloured powder to anyone and everyone upon the advent of spring. Holi is the festival of colors, fun and frolic and is celebrated by millions of Hindus in the Indian subcontinent to welcome the spring. An ancient Hindu festival, Holi is marked as a triumph of good over evil, and has become popular among non-Hindu populations in South Asia. In Bangladesh, many members from the Muslim community also join their Hindu neighbors to celebrate the festival by smearing abeer (a colored powder) and spraying water colors on each other. Students at universities and colleges in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, and elsewhere get drenched in color, singing and dancing together. For the Hindu community, who constitute about 10 percent of the population, this festival brings a message of unity and friendship and helps in bridging the communal divide.
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