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| IU Bloomington students take part in a Holi celebration Wednesday, April 4, 2012 in Dunn Meadow. Organized by the Asian Cultural Center, this year's Holi celebration featured food, live music, and plenty of water balloons and scented powder. |
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| Students take part in Holi celebrations Wednesday, April 4, 2012 on the IU Bloomington campus. Holi is celebrated by the lighting of bonfires, prayers, dancing, and, as can be seen above, the throwing of perfumed powder. |
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| IU students dance Wednesday, April 4, 2012 after taking part in the Holi tradition of throwing perfumed powder. |
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| Two IU students play colors as part of the Holi celebrations Wednesday, April 4, 2012 on IU Bloomington's Dunn Meadow. |
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| IU students surprise a friend with scented powder as part of the Holi celebrations observed on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The ritual of "playing colors" dates back to a story about Krishna's jealousy about his soul mates fair complexion. |
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| Students of all faiths and colors take part in the Hindu celebration of spring known as Holi Wednesday, April 4, 2012 on IU's Bloomington Indiana Campus. |
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| Empty bags of scented powder litter the ground Wednesday, April 4, 2012 on IU Bloomington's Dunn Meadow. Several hundred students took part in observing the Hindu celebration of Holi, which involves prayer, dancing, and the throwing of perfumed powder with the coming of spring. |
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| An IU student reacts to having scented powder thrown on her Wednesday, April 4, 2012 in Dunn Meadow. Hindu and non-Hindu students threw water balloons and scented powder at each other in observance of the first full moon of March. |
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| Some IU students enjoy the coming of spring by observing the Hindu festival of Holi Wednesday, April 4, 2012 outside of the Student Memorial Union on Dunn Meadow. |
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| IU students share the scented powder used as part of the traditional Hindu observance of Holi Wednesday, April 4, 2012 on IU's Bloomington campus. |
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| IU students observe Holi by throwing scented powder on each other Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Photographers love this Hindu festival as it not only represents a celebration of the joy of spring, but also because it presents a perfect set of circumstances for exciting photographs--vibrant colors, action, and significance. |
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| IU students enjoy a Holi celebration Wednesday, April 4, 2012 on the Bloomington campus' Dunn Meadow. Students scooped water from a nearby river and ambushed unsuspecting participants by dumping the water over their heads. |
