Crowds gathered at Stanley Park in Blackpool to celebrate Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colours, in a lively community event organised by the Fylde Coast Hindu Society.
Families, friends and visitors joined the festivities, throwing bright powders into the air, enjoying music and dance performances and sampling authentic Indian cuisine.
The event highlighted the festival’s message of unity, joy and the arrival of spring with people of all ages and backgrounds coming together to share in the colourful celebration.
Chairman Chirag Khajuria said: “People from different backgrounds, different cities, different communities, different age groups all come together to celebrate this vibrant festival of colours. It shows how life can be colourful when we all come together.”
Here are 11 amazingly colourful pictures of Blackpool’s vibrant Holi Festival at Stanley Park.
