Photos: Crowds celebrate Holi festivals in South Bay

Editor’s Note: This article was photographed for Mosaic, an independent journalism training program for high school students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.

Festival participants celebrated the arrival of spring by wearing vibrant colors, enjoying a wide array of live music, dance performances and traditional Indian food. Holi is the Hindu festival of colors, where people smearing each other with brightly colored powder and dance together.