Holi, a popular Hindu festival, celebrates spring and the victory of good over evil (Credit: Murtaza Ali/Pixabay/CCO)

What better way to welcome spring than by dousing yourself and your friends with vibrant colored powder? That is the essence of the popular Indian festival of Holi. Observed annually on the last full moon day of the Hindu lunar month, Phalguna, this year, the fun event will be celebrated on March 21, 2019.