Holi is the festival of color and is widely celebrated across the world. It's become one of India's defining cultural festivals, and I know it's definitely my favorite. Holi isn't just a holiday, it's a season. And here's 10 Holi necessities you'll need this year.

1. Friends

Holi is always more fun with other people! My friends definitely made my Holi this year 10 times better. Dancing and chasing each other with different colored powder is something you'll absolutely want to do with your friends.

2. Water Guns

Part of the fun of Holi is the brutal water fights that happen during it. Spraying random people with water and running away is exhilarating, especially on a hot day.

3. Buckets

There's nothing quite like sneaking up on someone and dumping a bucket of water on their head.

4. Colored Powder

Indian people call it rang but it's basically colored powder that you throw on other people to make them look like a walking rainbow

5. Catchphrase

A lot of the time, people will do absolutely brutal things on Holi (such as bucket sneak attacks) and justify it by saying, "Bura na maano, holi hai" which translates to, "Don't take it in the wrong way, it's holi!". Personally it's one of my favorite things to say because it means I can be evil to my friends on Holi.

I hope this list helped you out and Happy Holi to all of the wonderful Indians out there!