Colours, water guns and contagious smiles: Holi spreads joy across Asia
The Hindu festival of Holi celebrates spring and the triumph of good over evil.
Dawn.com
Published
March 13, 2017
Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated in Hindu communities across South Asia on Sunday and Monday with the traditional festivities, which include throwing colourful paint, powder and water on revellers.
The event began on Sunday evening and will continue till nightfall on Monday.
The Hindu festival is a welcoming of spring and a celebration of the triumph of good over evil.
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PKP
Mar 13, 2017 03:21pm
Thanks Dawn. Beautiful pictures of Holi.
Cannot find such a beauty in pictures in Indian magazines!!!
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ksaexpat
Mar 13, 2017 03:22pm
Great to see Holi being celebrated in Pakistan. And hats off to DAWN for reporting this.
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Logical dude
Mar 13, 2017 03:23pm
Man hats off for this photograph's, will admit your photographers are damn good. Wish Indian media were anywhere closer.
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kerala
Mar 13, 2017 03:20pm
Thanks dawn. ..
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raja hindustani
Mar 13, 2017 03:34pm
Just Wow !!!
Thanks Dawn for these wonderful pics.
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sagar
Mar 13, 2017 03:43pm
hope this holy will bring peace between Hindustan & Pakistan
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Indian true friend of beloved pakistan
Mar 13, 2017 03:48pm
Speechless. Awesome. Truly DAWN is always far ahead of other news websites. Perhaps the best in South Asia. Excellent reporting. I did not have idea that Holi is a public holiday in Pakistan too. Every thing is similar between us.Hope some day we will be one again.
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manish
Mar 13, 2017 03:47pm
Dawn ............
You are just too ahead on the game of printing photos
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Venkat
Mar 13, 2017 03:50pm
Great snaps. Keep it up
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Rajkrishnan
Mar 13, 2017 04:10pm
superb pictures by dawn... Love from India....
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Rajiv jha
Mar 13, 2017 04:11pm
Thanks a lot dawn.you are real Media who brings news that is untouchable by others.
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wellwisher
Mar 13, 2017 04:10pm
excellent photographs
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Rajiv jha
Mar 13, 2017 04:12pm
Thanks Dawn, you are real media who brings such news that untouchable by others.
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Jk
Mar 13, 2017 04:29pm
you r superb in SA on photography
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Deep
Mar 13, 2017 04:31pm
Awesome photos....great job Dawn
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Raj
Mar 13, 2017 04:47pm
Thanks Dawn,great gesture,,Happy Holiday to all .
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Rakesh Rai
Mar 13, 2017 04:48pm
Holi is being celebrated in Pakistan but No holiday for Holi in Bangalore. Shame on Government of Karnataka.
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Indian
Mar 13, 2017 04:50pm
In my area, people from all relegion has celebrated Holi.
Indians are one in spirit, spirit of cultures, yours and mine.
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RAja
Mar 13, 2017 05:00pm
Great pics indeed. Though please note pics are used under license of AP, AFP, Reuters.
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Kaly
Mar 13, 2017 05:25pm
B'ful pictures, saying thanks to Dawn from across the border..
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Top cat
Mar 13, 2017 05:28pm
Happy holi to all the Hindus around the world.
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Bhaijaan
Mar 13, 2017 05:53pm
Kudos to DAWN!
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ashok
Mar 13, 2017 05:53pm
thank you dawn--
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Krishna
Mar 13, 2017 06:08pm
@Rakesh Rai because holi is alien to south india viz a viz pakistan. Its like asking holiday for ugadi in Delhi. Holi is a predominantly north western indian festival and not pan indian, definitely not south indian.
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Indian
Mar 13, 2017 06:16pm
Happy Holi
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Mar 13, 2017 06:22pm
The best picture I feel is of lahore women in white dress with child in lap and coloring woman with color plate.
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rajendra
Mar 13, 2017 06:24pm
Thanks DAWN for beautiful pics. I have never seen this kind of photography in any indian news papers (Dawn is the best in ASIA when it comes photographic coverage).
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True Story
Mar 13, 2017 06:34pm
Wow amazing. Thanks Dawn once again for such a beautiful collection.
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MUHAMMAD
Mar 13, 2017 06:46pm
Happy holi to all the hindus in the world esp my pakistnai hindu brethen. And kudos to DAWN for once again living up to its amazing iamges. The section would have looked even better had DAWN shared pictures from other countries as well ie Bangaldesh, Europe, North America Australia etc. as well as other regions of pakistan like hyderabad, tharparker, balochistan etc.
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Pakistani
Mar 13, 2017 06:52pm
Happy holly to the Hindu Community across the world.
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Ganesh
Mar 13, 2017 07:19pm
Really this must be the most colourful festival in the world. Beautiful
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nkk
Mar 13, 2017 07:34pm
Good to see this news which spread brotherhood among people.
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BP Singh
Mar 13, 2017 07:48pm
Out of the world pics of Holi festival across the region! Dawn - you are way ahead of others, including Indian journals, on a number of relevant issues.
Keep it up.
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Sudhir
Mar 13, 2017 07:48pm
Lovely delightful pictures of holi colors. Job well done by thoughtful staff of Dawn. Happy holi to every fan of Dawn.
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GULREZ KHAN
Mar 13, 2017 08:10pm
Out of ashes of hate spread over past 100 years, Hindu-Muslim love and tolerance (learning from each other) should rise like a Phoenix, InshaAllah.
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vinod
Mar 13, 2017 08:35pm
AMAZING PICTURES. REALLY AMAZING. THANKS DAWN
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SUDHAKAR, USA
Mar 13, 2017 08:45pm
The greatness of Hindu festivals is that, our festivals tend to bring joy with simple things (of course commercialized now a days but..). No matter what ever repression faced, Hindus WILL celebrate their joyous festivals.
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Bharat
Mar 13, 2017 08:53pm
Awesome pictures of Holi celebrations across south Asia....it would have been even better wigh a few pictures from Bangladesh.Thanks for taking us on a wonderful journey of Holi festivities!
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Capricorn indi
Mar 13, 2017 09:01pm
Lovely pictures
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Mubarik
Mar 13, 2017 08:59pm
Wishing Happy Holi to all our hindu brothers and sisters across the world.
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sangun
Mar 13, 2017 09:03pm
Lovely pictures....who is the photographer?
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point of view
Mar 13, 2017 09:15pm
Wow...what amazing reporting by Dawn on Holi, simple superb...beautiful pictures...Thank you
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AD
Mar 13, 2017 09:34pm
Happy Holi all!
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dilip Prasad
Mar 13, 2017 09:35pm
Thanks for excellent holi photos. Its really a pleasant surprise for me to see celebrating Holi in such huge enthusiasm in Pakistan.
Really great
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Girish
Mar 13, 2017 10:46pm
Brilliant photos. Amazing!
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gknatarajan
Mar 13, 2017 11:20pm
as usual, this year also beautiful depiction of holi celeberations! thanks DAWN/
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Pk
Mar 13, 2017 11:16pm
Awww simply amazing Dawn.!!
Even though living in India and having played holi..I came to know how beautiful it is only through your article & some amazing photographs.
God bless..!!
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Oracal
Mar 13, 2017 11:58pm
Myriads of springs colors in spring brings joy and unity for greater things could come, it proves in only not my own but of others as well that in interpretations of life that we are one but if we are not we could be one.
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sfomann
Mar 14, 2017 12:19am
Amazing photography. Holi Mubarak to all my Pakistani Hindus and to all the Hindus around the world
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nick
Mar 14, 2017 01:48am
Real lively pictures,marvelous
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jay tuli
Mar 14, 2017 03:28am
Great photographs which I'm going to forward to many especially to those who don't like Pakistan.
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Asif A Shah
Mar 14, 2017 05:54am
Thank you for your coverage of Holi. It makes Hindu community feel that they are the part and parcel of Pakistan. In addition, it is conducive of peace between India and Pakistan.
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Mukesh Singh
Mar 14, 2017 06:38am
@PKP Lovely picture of Holi
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Mukesh Singh
Mar 14, 2017 06:38am
Beautiful picture of Holi
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Mukesh Singh
Mar 14, 2017 06:37am
Lovely and beautiful picture of Holi
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PakistanI
Mar 14, 2017 08:15am
Proud of dawn news they way they covered every event in pakistan and India and around the world.
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AGHA PASHA
Mar 14, 2017 08:13am
Well written. V nice photograph
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Sridhar Raghunatha Rao
Mar 14, 2017 08:31am
Beautiful photography. Very natural. Thanks for photographically taking to Karachi and Lahore which I crave to see in my lifetime
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K MANI
Mar 14, 2017 11:21am
Thanks Dawn....Great..
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K MANI
Mar 14, 2017 11:19am
Thanks Dawn...beautiful click...
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piyush
Mar 14, 2017 04:25pm
I always love to see Indian festivals thru Dawn's eyes. And have not been disappointed even once. The standard of reporting of Dawn is 100% better than Times of India and the league.
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