Holi 2015
By Austin Yu
April 23, 2015 11:51 p.m.
Students line up outside of Sunset Recreation Center, Thursday, April 23 2015 to participate in Holi 2015.
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Participants fill up the bleachers at Sunset Recreation Center before the colored powder is distributed.
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The festival kicks off as participants rush toward the field, launching colored powder into the air and at each other.
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Within seconds of the start of the festival, participants are engulfed in a plume of colored powder.
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Participants become stained in a variety of different colors as colored powder is flung in all directions.
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Dorothy Ng, second-year physiological sciences student, laughs as she has yellow powder dumped on her.
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Third-year psychology students, Jose Gallardo and Alina Palour embrace for a photo amidst the flying powder.
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Gallardo takes off his sunglasses, revealing a clubmaster-shaped outline on his face.
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Arpan Shah, first -year human biology student, Rahul Chandrupatla, first-year psychobiology student, Anusha Sadda, first-year psychobiology student, Ronak Chalkshi, first-year economics student, and Kevin Wei, first-year mathematics of computation student pose for a photo as they toss colored powder on each other.
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Kate Gray, fourth-year communication studies student opens her arms as her friends throw colored powder on her.
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Allyson Woodworth, first-year civil engineering student and Angelica Sanchez-Nunez, first-year mechanical engineering student pour colored powder on each other.
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Carolyn Nguyen, third-year anthropology student, Vivien Chen, third-year psychology student, and Lisa Lau, third-year gender studies student toss colored powder into the air.
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"Holi means fun and color and unity!" said Franz Anunciacion, fourth-year environmental sciences student, and Casey Le, fourth-year civil engineering student.
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Sanah Budhwani, second-year psychobiology student and Emily Miyoshi, second-year neuroscience student toss colored powder as they jump for a photo.
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Recently graduated molecular, cell and developmental biology student Brian Nguyen dons protective goggles as he partakes in festivities.
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"I've been celebrating for the past four years and every year it's a different kind of thing. Here, you're with a bunch of young people and it's just so festive and it's so alive." – Srinu Bhamidipati, second-year economics student.
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Raye Reusi, third-year business economics student, Ronn Permison, third-year political sciences student, and Krislam Junsay, fourth-year international development studies student pose for a photo, taking a brief pause from the color game.
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Simon Liu, fourth-year linguistics student, Haezy Kim, second-year communications studies student, Michelle Wen, first-year cognitive sciences student, Brandon Pon, first-year computer sciences student, and Tim Nguyen, fourth-year biochemistry student take a selfie on the grass during the festivities.
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Vivian Liu, first-year economics and statistics student, Briana Rodriguez, first-year psychology student, Melanie Lin, first-year economics student, and Quang Pham, first-year biology student pose for a photo in the midst of the festivities.
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Mitchell Harring, fourth-year economics student, and Ilona Tarnavsky, third-year biophysics student share a romantic embrace during the festivities.
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Julliane Bacerdo, first-year biology student, Monica Salazar, first-year biostudent, Jessica Flores, first-year biology student, Kristian Diaz, first year physiological sciences student, Jennifer Bonilla Cartagena, first-year psychobiology student, and Jesse Gonzales, first-year political science student pose for a photo.
