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Happy Holi! The Hindu festival of colors is celebrated Mar. 18 this year

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A reveller smeared in colored powder dances during Holi festival in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A reveller smeared in colored powder dances during Holi festival in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Mahesh Kumar A, AP
A boy pours a bucket of colored water on a pedestrian on Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A boy pours a bucket of colored water on a pedestrian on Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Altaf Qadri, AP
People celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on a street in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
People celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on a street in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Altaf Qadri, AP
Revellers dance during celebrations to mark Holi in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, brings out millions of people, from toddlers to the elderly, to throw powder at one another and play with water balloons and squirt guns. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Revellers dance during celebrations to mark Holi in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, brings out millions of people, from toddlers to the elderly, to throw powder at one another and play with water balloons and squirt guns. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP
People celebrate Holi in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, brings out millions of people, from toddlers to the elderly, to throw powder at one another and play with water balloons and squirt guns. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
People celebrate Holi in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, brings out millions of people, from toddlers to the elderly, to throw powder at one another and play with water balloons and squirt guns. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP
People celebrate Holi in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, brings out millions of people, from toddlers to the elderly, to throw powder at one another and play with water balloons and squirt guns. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
People celebrate Holi in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, brings out millions of people, from toddlers to the elderly, to throw powder at one another and play with water balloons and squirt guns. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP
A girl smears colored powder on another during celebration marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
A girl smears colored powder on another during celebration marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
Rajanish Kakade, AP
Colored powder is smeared on the face of a reveller during celebration marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
Colored powder is smeared on the face of a reveller during celebration marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
Rajanish Kakade, AP
Colored powder is smeared on a reveller during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
Colored powder is smeared on a reveller during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
Rajanish Kakade, AP
Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Ajit Solanki, AP
Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Ajit Solanki, AP
Devotees cheer as colored powder and flower petals are thrown on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Swaminarayan temple and Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Devotees cheer as colored powder and flower petals are thrown on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Swaminarayan temple and Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Ajit Solanki, AP