Dhaka, Bangladesh — Bangladeshi girls celebrate Holi, the festival of colors at Dhanmondi Lake.

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Kolkata, India — A tourist participates in Holi festivities.

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Kolkata, India — A tourist enjoys a moment celebrating Holi with local people.

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Amritsar, India — Indian youths covered with colored powder.

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Gauhati, India — An Indian man dances amid a cloud of colored powder during Holi celebrations.

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Mumbai, India — A woman's face is smeared with colored powder.

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Gauhati, India — Indian men, their faces smeared with colored powder, dance during Holi celebrations. The Hindu festival of colors also heralds the coming of spring.

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Vrindavan, India — Hindu devotees crowd and reach for sweets as they face a deity while celebrating Holi, the festival of color, at the Banke Bihari temple.

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Mumbai, India — An Indian girl, her face smeared with colored powder, looks out from her house during Holi celebrations. The tradition of Holi, also known as Festival of Colors, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. Holi is marked at the end of the winter season on the last full-moon day of the lunar month Phalguna, which usually falls in the latter part of February or March.

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Katmandu, Nepal — Joyous celebrants enjoy an open-air concert marking Holi at Durbar Square.

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Jammu, India — Their faces smeared with a rainbow of colors, girls in the northern Indian city of Jammu celebrate Holi.

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Katmandu, Nepal — Holi revelers thrust their tinted hands into the air in Durbar Square.

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Jammu, India — An Indian man smeared in silver takes on a statuesque look.

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Vrindavan, India — Hindu devotees accept a shower of colored powder at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan.

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Jammu, India — The pet parrot on a man's head is barely noticeable in the riot of color.

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Katmandu, Nepal — Western tourists join in the Holi fun.

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Katmandu, Nepal — A young boy makes a scary face.

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Katmandu, Nepal — Holi is a festival for all ages and, of course, colors.

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