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In pictures: Holi festival returns to university

Jenny Kirk/BBC A woman is standing in the middle of the image, and has blue and green powder on her hair, face and white top. She is laughing at the camera. There are other people standing around her who are also covered in multiple coloured powders.Jenny Kirk/BBC
Jenny Kirk/BBC Three people are standing with their backs towards the camera. They are all wearing white T-shirts and have lots of coloured power on the back. In front of them there are lots of people throwing colourful powders at each other. Jenny Kirk/BBC
Hundreds of students gathered at the Norwich campus to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi
The festival celebrates spring, love, and new life

Hundreds of students gathered at a university to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi.

The Hindu Society at the University of East Anglia in Norwich arranged for hundreds of people to celebrate on Saturday.

The spring festival of Holi symbolises the victory of good over evil and marks the end of winter.

Vidhi Kapadia, dance co-ordinator for the Hindu Society, said: "Who doesn't like throwing colour on people?"

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