Senior Akanksha Kumar laughs after being doused with color. The Diversity Activities Board put on the annual Holi event, providing students with shirts, sunglasses and packets of color. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
Color filled the sky above the Grand lawn for Holi, the Hindu festival of spring. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
Students pose for photos after being splashed with color during the second annual St. Thomas Holi festival. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
Students toss packets of color for St. Thomas’ Holi festival. This is the second time the annual event has been celebrated at St. Thomas. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
Senior Jessica Peery smiles as she tosses color into the air. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
St. Thomas students celebrate Holi on the Grand lawn. Holi is the Hindu festival of spring that is celebrated worldwide. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
A St. Thomas student poses for a photo. Students were drenched in powdered color on May 4, 2018, in celebration of Holi.
Bollywood dancers preform to kick off St. Thomas’s Holi festival. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
Students learn Bollywood dance moves for Holi. Holi is the Hindu festival of colors, celebrating the arrival of spring. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
Bollywood dancers put on a show for St. Thomas students. Holi, the hindu festival of colors, was celebrated on the Grand lawn on May 4, 2018. (Esmee Verschoor/ TommieMedia)
The Diversity Activities Board and Asian Students in America organized St. Thomas’ second-annual Holi celebration on May 4. Photographer Esmee Verschoor captured the colorful sights of the event.
Esmee Verschoor can be reached at vers8366@stthomas.edu.