This was Niles’ first time attending the Festival of Colors. “It was really awesome. I really like that so many people came out today,” said Niles. “We threw colors all over the place and bonded with our friends.”

Before participating in the event, participants were given a brief introduction and history of the holiday, presented by Associate Dean of Students – Diversity and Inclusion Guari Pitale and College Chaplain Robbie Miller. “We were given a brief history lesson about what it means and how it defines the transition from winter into spring,” said senior Larissa Niles.

This is the second time Bridgewater College has celebrated Holi on campus. “This time was better because of the weather. There were more people than last time, and the organization was way better,” said sophomore Mohammad Qudaih.

This was Niles’ first time attending the Festival of Colors. “It was really awesome. I really like that so many people came out today,” said Niles. “We threw colors all over the place and bonded with our friends.”

By the end of the powder throwing, participants were covered in different colors. A station with wet wipes to clean off was provided at the event.

Some students believe that Bridgewater should continue to host the Festival of Colors, because it acts as a destresser. “It was a really great opportunity to chill on campus to destress from all of our class work and assignments,” said Niles.

“I think it’s a great opportunity to destress from classwork and projects we have to turn in by the weekend,” said Qudaih. “I have three projects to turn in by the end of the weekend, so it’s good to stop working on all of that to take time for yourself.”

After participants finished having fun by throwing the color powder, they were treated with chicken and veggie Kabobs.