Colourful Holi celebrations
People in Leicester are celebrating a Hindu festival marking the start of Spring by covering friends with coloured powder. The Holi festival represents the end of the gloomy winter and the liveliness of the Spring season.
Colourful Holi celebrations underway in Leicester to mark Spring
Despite the unseasonal snow, hundreds of people have turned out to a Hindu festival celebrating the start of Spring.
People in Leicester celebrated by covering friends with coloured powder. The Holi festival represents the end of the gloomy winter and the liveliness of the Spring season.
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