What is Holi?

Holi is the Hindu celebration of the end of winter and the start of spring, so it is all about new beginnings and rebirth.

The festival also signifies that spring has arrived, and is a time for love, laughs, forgiveness, and repairing broken relationships.

Holi is called the festival of colours because the biggest part of the celebration is the colour festival, where people take to the streets and throw colours at one another.

Each colour symbolises something different- eg red is for marriage and fertility.