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Pageant contributors celebrated the arrival of spring by carrying vibrant colours, having fun with a wide selection of dwell music, dance performances and conventional Indian meals. Holi is the Hindu competition of colours, the place individuals smearing one another with brightly coloured powder and dance collectively.
Mosaic photographers Nischal Jasti and Maxwell Alexander attended the Holi Pageant in Milpitas and downtown San Jose the place lots of of revelers celebrated the colourful vacation.
On the Holi Pageant in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, Calif., on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti/Mosaic)
An attendee of the Holi Fest 2025, on the Youngsters’s Discovery Museum, laughs with buddies after being doused with water in downtown San Jose on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander/Mosaic)
Gurudev Hira, of San Leandro, performs a mridangam on the Holi Pageant in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, Calif., on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti/Mosaic)
An attendee of the Holi Fest 2025, on the Youngsters’s Discovery Museum, stares into the space lined in Holi chalk in downtown San Jose on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander/Mosaic)
On the Holi Pageant in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, Calif., on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti/Mosaic)
Abhirup and Shelley C. pose for a portrait throughout Holi Fest 2025, which passed off on the Youngsters’s Discovery Museum “Discovery Meadow” in downtown San Jose on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander/Mosaic)
Individuals dance the Holi Pageant in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, Calif., on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti/Mosaic)
Contributors in Holi Fest 2025 which passed off on the Youngsters’s Discovery Museum “Discovery Meadow” dance to conventional Indian music in downtown San Jose on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander/Mosaic)
Apna Sinha and Vishwas balakrishnan give out holi colours on the Holi Pageant in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, Calif., on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti/Mosaic)
A toddler sleeps on the grass of the Youngsters’s Discovery Museum “Discovery Meadow” throughout Holi Fest 2025 in downtown San Jose on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander/Mosaic)
On the Holi Pageant in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, Calif., on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti/Mosaic)
Arjun Pillai chats with buddies at Holi Fest 2025, which passed off on the Youngsters’s Discovery Museum “Discovery Meadow” in downtown San Jose on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander/Mosaic)
Initially Revealed: March 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM PDT
