INDIA-FESTIVAL-HOLI

An Indian labourer sifts coloured powder, known as “gulal”, to be used during the forthcoming spring festival of Holi, on the outskirts of Siliguri on March 20, 2013. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival colours observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, will be celebrated March 27 this year. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA