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The festival participants celebrated the arrival of spring by wearing vibrant colors, enjoying a wide range of live music, dance and traditional Indian cuisine shows. Holi is the Hindu Color Festival, where people are leading with bright colors powder and dance together.
Mosaic photographers Nischal Jasti and Maxwell Alexander attended the Holi festival in Milpitas and downtown San Jose where hundreds of revelers celebrated the colorful holidays.
At the Holi Festival in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, California, Saturday March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti / Mosaic)A participant in the Holi Fest 2025, at Children’s Discovery Museum, laughs with friends after being sprayed with water in downtown San Jose on Saturday March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander / Mosaic)Gurudev Hira, from San Leandro, plays a Mridangam at the Holi festival in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, California, Saturday March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti / Mosaic)A participant in the Holi Fest 2025, at Children’s Discovery Museum, looks at the distance covered with Holi Chalk in downtown San Jose on Saturday March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander / Mosaic)At the Holi Festival in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, California, Saturday March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti / Mosaic)Abhirup and Shelley C. pose for a portrait during the Holi Fest 2025, which took place at the Discovery Museum for children “Discovery Meadow” in downtown San Jose on Saturday March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander / Mosaic)People dance the Holi festival in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, California, Saturday March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti / Mosaic)The participants in the Holi Fest 2025 which took place at the Discovery Museum for children “Discovery Meadow” in traditional Indian music in downtown San Jose on Saturday March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander / Mosaic)Apna Sinha and Vishwas Balakrishnan give Holi colors at the Holi festival in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, California, Saturday March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti / Mosaic)A child sleeps on the grass of the “Discovery Meadow” children’s discovery museum during the Holi Fest 2025 in downtown San Jose on Saturday March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander / Mosaic)At the Holi Festival in Cardoza Park in Milpitas, California, Saturday March 8, 2025. (Nischal Jasti / Mosaic)
Arjun Pillai discusses with friends at the Holi Fest 2025, which took place at the Museum of children’s discovery “Discovery Meadow” in downtown San Jose on Saturday March 15, 2025. (Maxwell Alexander / Mosaic)
