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Passersby of the Malkin Athletic Center Quadrangle were treated to a riotous sight yesterday afternoon of some 20 members from the Hindu student group Dharma and the South Asian Association (SAA) throwing colored dust all over each other...
Dharma and SAA were celebrating Holi, a Hindu festival which welcomes spring, and is normally celebrated in mid-March after a bonfire the night before to clear up dried leaves and branches left through the winter...
According to the organizers, Dharma and SAA plan to celebrate Holi next year, too--hopefully with warmer weather...
According to Uttam K. Tambar '00, SAA political chair and forum coordinator, the event was designed to examine the impact India's independence has had on "forgotten groups" and to understand why and how independence is celebrated...
...panel helped jump-start our minds to look at issues from different angles," said Neil R. Lawande '99, co-president of the SAA...