Holi: Hindus across India and Nepal celebrate festival of colours

People have been celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi, also known as the festival of colours.

The festival, mainly celebrated in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring.

It also symbolises new beginnings.

Holi festival falls on the last full moon of the lunar month.

On the day of Holi, people throw liquid and powdered colour over each other. The night before, people light bonfires to signify good triumphing over evil.

The colours of the powders each have a different meaning. Red is meant to represent love and fertility, yellow is the colour of turmeric, blue is for the Hindu god Krishna and green symbolises new beginnings.

Water based pigments are now being used in the creation of the coloured powder instead of traditional plant based colours including turmeric.

Images from the festival show crowds completely covered in colourful paint as they take part in the celebrations.

Aside from India, Holi is also celebrated in Nepal, which has a large Hindu population. A celebration is held in Kathmandu (below). It has also become popular in other countries around the world including the UK.

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人們一直在慶祝印度教的胡裏節，也被稱爲色彩節。

這個節日主要在印度和尼泊爾舉行，標誌着春天的開始。

它也象徵着新的開端。

灑紅節是在陰曆月的最後一個滿月。

在灑紅節那天，人們將液體和粉末顏色互相投射。前一天晚上，人們點燃篝火，以表示對邪惡的勝利。

粉末的顏色各有不同的含義。紅色代表愛和生育，黃色是薑黃的顏色，藍色代表印度教神克里希納，綠色代表新的開始。

水基顏料現在用於製造有色粉末，而不是傳統的植物基色，包括薑黃。

來自節日的圖像展示了人們在參加慶祝活動時完全被彩色塗料覆蓋。

除了印度之外，Holi也在尼泊爾慶祝，尼泊爾擁有大量的印度教徒。在加德滿都舉行慶祝活動。它在包括英國在內的世界其他國家也很受歡迎。