Color Blitz

Every single spring the Hindus celebrate the beginning of a new season with a festival called Holi, or the festival of colours. Thousands of Hindus takes part of this spectacular coloured event in all Hindu countries all over the wolrd.

There are many purposes of why Hindus celebrate this festival, but the main and foremost is to welcome the start of a new season with new opportunities and joy. Originally the purpose was celebrating commemorating good harvests and the fertile from the past year. The way the Hindus celebrate this event is completely different from other festivals, the special thing is that people throw coloured powder in the air, and at each other. The coloured powder is a symbol of enjoying spring's abundant colors and saying farewell to winter. The festival has also a religious purpose, it is related to the Hindus Gods Shiva and Krishna, but today the festival is celebrated independent of religion. People have fun and celebrate the amazing event with enthusiasm, humour and pleasure all over the world.

 This picthure is taken under the festival celebrations in Berlin, July 29