Many dishes from Southeastern Asia were on offer. Once the event began, long lines of students came to try the food. “It’s a celebration, including a lot of fun activities, and it resembles a lot of factors to both Hinduism and a lot of other cultures that are present in India.” freshman Arpita Vijay said.

Students line up to try the dishes on offer. “Holi is a festival of color, and of lot of people think it’s just throwing around color [powders], but that’s not all there is to the celebration,” Vijay said.

Several different types of food were served at the Holi celebration, including the desserts featured in the image. Additionally, at the end of the table there were drink options including mango juice and chai.

Freshmen Meera Sethi (right) and Arpita Vijay (left), both members of the Southeast Asian Student Union, serve food. “We’re trying to represent a group we see as underrepresented in our school,” Vijay said. “I think there could be a lot more involvement.”

Samosas, served at the event, are a traditional Indian dish, often served with herb based chutney or a sweeter chutney. “We made a lot of food and we had a activity outside that people seemed to love,” Vijay said.

During the celebration, students had the chance to receive henna tattoos. Henna is a natural dye that holds positive symbolism, used for body art and hair coloring. The henna art was done by two students, junior Meher Parsinni and sophomore Aman Kalsi.