Google honors Hindu spring festival Holi and the tossing of colored powder and water

Google's logo is paying tribute to the colorful festival celebrating the coming of Spring.

On Friday, Google rolled out a doodle honoring Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colors celebrated in India on the last full moon of the lunar month.

Among the activities taking place during Holi: tossing water and powders of different colors on each other.

Google's doodle features many of those colors on display. "The four main powder colors carry with them a piece of symbolism," reads a blog post explaining Friday's logo. "Red signifies love and fertility; yellow is the color of turmeric, a natural remedy; blue represents the beloved Hindu god Krishna; green symbolizes spring and new beginnings."

Along with honoring the arrival of spring, the Holi festival symbolizes good overcoming evil.

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