More than 70 students gathered on Johnson Field to celebrate spring by throwing colored powder at each other.
Japji Hundal, World Student Alliance president and GPSA member, said the Holi festival is a Hindu celebration of the legend of King Hiranyakashipu who considered himself a god and sentenced his son Prahlad to death for not worshiping him. Hundal said Prahlad escaped death because real deities were protecting him.
Hundal said the festival commemorates Prahlad’s survival, spreads awareness of the Indian culture and celebrates spring as a symbol of the triumph of good over evil. He said the focus is eliminating social and racial differences, and that being covered in colored powder disguises those differences.
“You get to know people and accept them for what they are,” he said.
Hundal said the festival was sponsored by the Indian Student Association, the World Student Alliance, GPSA and ASUNM.
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Kaela DeBroeck pitches during the game against SDSU on April 22. The Lobos lost the series against the UNLV Rebels 1-2 this weekend.