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Indian students bring Holi to Southern Illinois University
Public event at Morris Library lawn will feature colors, music and refreshments.
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Malvika Choudhary - Fri, 20, Mar 2026
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Everyone is welcome at SIU’s Holi celebration. / SIU Carbondale photo
The Indian Student Association at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will host a Holi celebration on March 25.
The free-for-all event is open to students, faculty, staff and community members to take part in the annual spring festival rooted in Indian tradition.
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The event will begin at 2 p.m. on the lawn of Morris Library, with activities organized in collaboration with the Indian Student Association.
“The Holi celebration offers a wonderful opportunity for the community to gather and share a special, fun cultural celebration,” said Renada Greer, executive director of the Student Multicultural Resource Center.
“Although the festival’s origin is with the Hindus, it is an inclusive event with unity as its theme. SIU’s Indian Student Association helps organize this festival of colors and we encourage everyone to come support our students, faculty and staff from India,” she added.
The program will start near the Abraham Lincoln bust inside the library, where attendees can access refreshments, music and informational materials about the festival, which is celebrated annually across India. Colored powder will also be distributed.
Participants will then move to the library lawn, where packets of brightly colored powder will be handed out. At a designated signal, attendees will throw the powders into the air, creating a display that organizers say symbolizes love, unity, inclusion and happiness.
The celebration is sponsored by the Student Multicultural Resource Center, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and the Indian Student Association.
Holi, widely known as the “festival of colors,” marks the arrival of spring and is celebrated with colored powders, music and social gatherings. The festival symbolizes renewal, the triumph of good over evil and the strengthening of social bonds, and is observed across India and in diaspora communities worldwide.
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