Hundreds of people danced to upbeat music on the lawn of Bethany’s ... crowd as people gleefully hurled fistfuls of brightly colored powder at each other — a key tradition of the Hindu festival.

NEW DELHI — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting ...

Called gulal, the fine powder is made from a mixture of starch and dyes. One factory in India, Radha Kishan Color World, produces 2,000 tons of gulal annually. It's based in the northern city of ...