Holi

A woman closes her eyes as colored powder is thrown on her face during the celebrations of Holi in Chandigarh, India on February 26, 2010.

All rooms allocated to the Holi-kare Team each morning must be completed, and returned to Housekeeping at the end of the shift.

Revelers in Gauhati, India toss colored powder and dye onto others to celebrate Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors.

Holi for everyone is a time for fun and frolic. A day when one forgets the worldly anxieties and just enjoys the finer things in life.

India celebrates its spring festival of Holi, ending toward the end of March, in which tricks and pranks also play a part.

All rooms allocated to the Holi-kare Team on a daily bases must be coordinated via the Housekeeping office.

Revelers celebrate Holi on the deck of the ship Peking at South Street Seaport in Manhattan March 19.

During a holi, a pot of buttermilk is hung high up in the street.

A girl smeared with color throws colored powder as she joins in celebrations of Holi in Vrindavan, India, Sunday, Feb 28, 2010.

Members of the minority Hindu community let loose in Multan. Distinctions of race, caste, gender and age are suspended during Holi.

Dancing Hindi devotees throw colorful paper in the air to celebrate Holi, a religious spring festival.

The tradition of Holi is followed with great enthusiasm all over Nepal.

Children covered in powder are sprayed with water as they celebrate Holi at a school in Ahmedabad, India, on March 19.

Photograph by Mukesh Shah This photograph was clicked in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, during Holi, the festival of colors.

Each room in the Holi-kare programme must have the Holi-kare check list completed and the details recorded in the Engineer's Office.

The Holi festival of colors draws its roots from a Hindu legend involving the courtship of Radha and the religious figure Krishna.

Men smeared with facepaint and colored powder pose for a picture during Holi in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati on March 1, 2010.

The colorful festival of Holi is celebrated by different names in this vast and culturally diverse country.

An Indian vendor arranges the arsenal for celebrants of Holi -- colored powder -- at his shop in Hyderabad, India, on March 18.

We're going to dazzle everybody. It's the holi-dazzle parade going on in Minneapolis.

The 377-foot ship, docked near the Brooklyn Bridge, has been the site of Holi celebrations for several years.

A welcoming of Spring, Holi is celebrated as thetriumph of good over evil.

Holi , also called the Festival of Colours , is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and others.

A child rests inside tomato pulp as part of the celebration of Holi in Hyderabad, India on February 28, 2010.

I suppose it's time to start thinking about the summer holi-days again.

Holi , also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Guyana, and Nepal.

Children, their faces smeared with colored powder, participate in Holi festivities in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 1, 2010.

Vrindavan is a famous place for Holi celebrations.

People dance as colored water pours on them during Holi festivities in Gauhati, India, Monday, March 1, 2010.

Hindu devotees play with color during Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari Temple on February 28, 2010 in Vrindavan, India.

Students smear colored powder on each other during a celebration ahead of Holi festival in Indore, India, Monday, Feb.

A man watches a procession celebrating Holi in Mathura, India on February 28, 2010.

Indian boys smeared with colors celebrate Holi in Calcutta, India on Sunday, Feb.

People smeared with colored powder celebrate Holi in Ahmedabad, India on March 1, 2010.

Fool and the ancient Roman Hee Music Festival (Hilaria, 3 25) and India's joyous festival (Holi, to the March 31 date) were similar.

On Holi, men from Nandgaon come to Barsana to play holi with the women there.

Children pour colored water on each other during Holi in Allahabad, India on Saturday, Feb.

Last Monday (March 1st), people in Indiaand other countries with large Hindu populations celebrated Holi, theFestival of Colors.

Colored water is splashed on women during Holi festivities in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 1, 2010.

The school broke up on 30 July and all the boys went home for the holi- days.

Have you decided where to spend your holi-day?