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Andrew Flenniken Photography

A friend reached out last week. She'd been feeling the need to get out of the house and was interested in going to the Holi celebration at Seattle Center on Saturday. Would I like to go too?

I very much did. I've been going through a rough patch lately, and getting out of the house to attend something lively and colorful felt like a great plan. So I said yes.

Holi celebrations happen here every year in mid March, and it's a Hindu celebration of spring, love, forgiveness, and the triumph of good over evil. I was aware of the Redmond event, but hadn't ever made it out, and shouldn't have been surprised that there was another in Seattle Center. There's a whole slate of cultural events there throughout the year, and the few I've managed to get to have always been great.

My friend and I met at the Armoury, had the requisite caffeine, catching up, and lunch, and then wandered into the courtyard next door. There was a DJ, loud, lively music, dancing, and color. So much color!

I'm glad I went. I think we could all use some celebrating the triumph of good over evil right about now.

Cross-posted from my site, where there are additional photos: andrewflenniken.com/2025/03/25

Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S

Color photo. A person with long, dark, curly hair, facing the camera. Their eyes are closed, and the skin of their face is completely covered in splotches of yellow, blue, green, and magenta Holi powder. Most of their hair is also covered, as is the front of their shirt. Next to them and beyond them are many other people, coated in colorful powder splotches.
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Flipboard Culture Desk

Today, Hindus around the world celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, and nowhere is it more raucous than in India. Kids and grownups filled their water balloons and water guns yesterday, and have packets of colored powder ready to ambush friends, neighbors and strangers. "If you're spotlessly clean, you're a target," write Mithil Aggarwal and Max Butterworth for NBC. Here's their story about the meaning of the festival and how it is celebrated — complete with some absolutely stunning photography.

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NBC News · Water Balloons and Bollywood, India covers itself with color on Holi festivalBy Mithil Aggarwal
#India#Holi#Hinduism
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