The Holi Festival of Colors was celebrated Saturday by a mob of brightly painted UC Berkeley students high in the Berkeley hills, near the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Berkeleyside contributing photographer Ted Friedman captured these images of the event, which was sponsored by Cal’s Indian Student Association.
The traditional Holi Festival sees Hindus in India, Pakistan and Nepal, among others, celebrate the arrival of spring in a riot of color.
In past years, Cal students have marked the festival in Sproul plaza. The new location, way above the campus, seemed not to have hurt attendance. Hundreds of students threw packets of paint powder and water over each other to create a smiling, multi-hued mass.
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