Amazing color at the Hindu festival of Holi in India

Indian widows covered in colored powder sit aside while others dance during Holi festival or festival of colors celebrations in Vrindavan on Feb. 27, 2018. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 1 this year.

Indian people participate in the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India on Feb. 27, 2018.

Indian people participate in the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India on Feb. 27, 2018.

Indian people participate in the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India on Feb. 27, 2018.

Indian widows participate in the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India on Feb. 27, 2018. Thousands of widows from Vrindavan and Varanasi mark the Hindu spring festival of colors at a temple to break a hundred-year-old taboo of celebrating the Holi festival; in many parts of India widows are still not allowed to celebrate Holi and participate in festivals. The event was organized by Indian NGO Sulabh International that is trying to improve the condition of widows in India.

Indian widows throw flower petals while participating in the Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India on Feb. 27, 2018.

Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of color, during a traditional gathering at the temple of Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh state on Feb. 25, 2018. Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month.

Indian Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of color, during a traditional gathering at the temple of Nandgaon village in Uttar Pradesh state on Feb. 25, 2018.

The Hindu festival celebrates the beginning of Spring.

Holi is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month.

Indian children play with flower petals at an event to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi for children with cerebral palsy organized by the Trishla Foundation in Allahabad on Feb. 25, 2018.

=Hindu men from the village of Nandgaon covered with colored powder pose for a photograph as they celebrate during the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandgram temple in Nandgaon, Mathura, India on Feb. 25, 2018.

Hindu men from the villages of Nandgaon and Barsana covered with colored powder celebrate the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandgram temple in Nandgaon, Mathura, India on Feb. 25, 2018.

Indian women beat men with sticks during the annual Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon, Mathura, India on Feb. 25, 2018. Holi is the Hindu spring festival of colors. In Barsana and Nandagaon, people celebrate a variation of Holi called 'Lathmar' Holi, which means beating with sticks. During the first day of Lathmar Holi festival, the women of Barsana, the birth place of Hindu God Krishna's beloved Radha, beat the men from Nandgaon, the hometown of Hindu God Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to put color on them and on the second day, In Nandgaon the women of Nandgaon, the hometown of Hindu God Krishna, beat the men of Barsana, the birth place of Hindu God Krishna's beloved Radha, with wooden sticks.

Indian women beat men with sticks during the annual Lathmar Holi festival in Nandgaon, Mathura, India on Feb. 25, 2018.