The festifall of Holi

Dehra Dun, 27-03-1994Today the end of the winter was celebrated by the festifall of Holi. People throw water at each other and colored powder. All transport stopped untill around 14.00 h. afternoon so instead of busses the streets were full with people and scooters with their occupants all wearing many colored clothes carrying buckets of water and bags full with colored powder and bomb the riders of other scooters with the aforementioned water and powders, anyone else they get their crazy eyes on is also fair game. Pedistrians take revenge also armed with buckets and bags of powder. The fucked up bus schedule forced me to walk the 15 km. or so down hill to Dehra Dun where i found myself a cheap place to stay, needless to say i looked like a multy hued rainbow by the time i found safety in my hotel room.