Millions of Indians on Friday celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink, and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

Penelope Beltran, 8, smiles after her mother puts colored powder on her during the celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at Kendall Indian Hammocks Park in Miami, Fla. The colors are a way of showing affection towards each other.

The vivid festival marks the beginning of spring, symbolizes the defeat of evil and celebrates the love between the Hindu deities Krishna and Radha.