PHOTOS: Welcoming spring with a festival of colors

UC students celebrate Holi with music, dance and bold pigments

Campus was awash in color for an annual festival celebrating the start of spring.

Students celebrated the holiday of Holi, which includes throwing colorful powders, painting revelers in a rainbow of hues.

UC student photographer Kallista Edwards of the Bearcats Student Creative Agency captured the technicolor festivities.

All photos: Kallista Edwards/UC Marketing + Brand

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