Saturday was my first experience with the (semi-)Hindu Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork. When I "went" Freshman year, we were stuck in traffic for 2+ hours and we didn't make it in time. Last year was London. This year, we left 2 hours before it was supposed to start and had to walk about a mile to get there. What I'm trying to get at, is that this is a big deal in our area. It has morphed from one throwing to 3 days of throwing and a bajillion people covered in chalky color. The Hindus do it to celebrate the coming of spring. The BYU/BYU-I/high school students that go celebrate a weekend of getting a little bit colorful.
There is the temple (of course), then there is the rock band, the llamas and the chalk.
Pictures describe it best.
{pre-chalk=all clean}
{a little bit was thrown at us as we walked in...clean, fresh people are prime targets for those who had been there for a few hours}
{SO MANY PEOPLE!}
{my hair's still pink}
hare krishna! time for spring!
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