IN THE NEWS:
Holi 2016
By Owen Emerson
April 19, 2016 12:17 p.m.
A crowd of UCLA students performed the 8-clap before beginning Holi.
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UCLA students ran out onto the lawn at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center as Holi commenced.
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UCLA students celebrated the festival of Holi by throwing colored chalk at each other.
(Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)
Students refilled their powder supply from a box sitting on the grass.
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A group of students tossed colorful power into the air.
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Holi was nothing short of amazing, with lots of colored powder, fun and energy.
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Nathan Cai, a first-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student, and Shelby Olson, a first-year mathematics/economics student, had fun with the pink power.
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
First-year Kartik Vinayak hitched a ride on his friend, first-year Hogan Fenster, with a bag of yellow power ready to throw.
(Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)
Gus Pamungkas, a third-year economics student, danced amidst the flying powder.
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Justin Park, a second-year psychobiology student, stood at the center of the event ready to throw yellow powder at a friend.
(Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)
Kendal Barnholtz, a first-year student, danced with Divya Sharma, a second-year global studies student.
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Third-year Hafsa Shurbaji and fourth-year Alina Palour laughed and threw powder into the air.
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Justin Liou, a third-year psychology student, closed his eyes and gave a big grin as he waited for a bag of blue powder to fall on him.
(Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)
Ryan Tran, a third-year sociology student, laughed as he tossed the powder into the air.
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Nicola Yip, a fourth-year mathematics of computation student (left), and fourth-year neuroscience students Brittany Moore and Janani Prasad (center, right) were not new to the Festival of Colors. It was Nicola's second time, Brittany's third time and Janani's fourth time. Nicola believes Holi is a fun way to celebrate spring and Indian culture with her friends.
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Dylan Tookey, a first-year physiological science student (left), Govind Srivastav, a first-year political science student (center) and their friend jumped up and threw power into the air.
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Hundreds of plastic bags were left on the field at the end of Holi.
