Holi

E18876

Hindu festival cultural festival religious festival spring festival

Holi is a major Hindu spring festival known as the "festival of colors," celebrated with vibrant powders, water, music, and communal joy to mark the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Holi canonical	57
Festival of Colors	2
Holika Dahan	2
Rangwali Holi	2
Chhoti Holi	1
Holi (through the story of Holika and Prahlada)	1
Holi Festival of Colors celebration	1
Holi festival	1
Holi in Braj	1
Holika Dahan bonfire	1
Lathmar Holi	1
Lathmar Holi celebrations	1
Phagwah (Holi)	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu festival ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ spring festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Holi ⓘ surface form: Festival of Colors Festival of Love ⓘ Festival of Spring ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Krishna ⓘ Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWithLegend	Hiranyakashipu ⓘ Holika and Prahlada ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Mathura ⓘ Vrindavan ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Braj ⓘ
celebratedIn	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Fiji ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana India ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ global Indian diaspora ⓘ
colorSubstance	abir ⓘ gulal ⓘ
culturalImpact	inspired color-themed festivals worldwide ⓘ
custom	drinking thandai ⓘ lighting bonfires ⓘ sharing sweets and festive foods ⓘ singing and dancing ⓘ sprinkling colored water ⓘ throwing colored powders ⓘ visiting friends and family ⓘ
duration	2 days ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasTheme	community bonding ⓘ playfulness ⓘ social harmony ⓘ
mainDay	Dhulandi ⓘ Rang Panchami ⓘ Holi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rangwali Holi
mainlyCelebratedBy	Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hindus
observedBy	people of various religions in South Asia ⓘ
occursInMonth	March ⓘ Phalguna ⓘ
preFestivalRitual	Holi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chhoti Holi Holi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Holika Dahan
publicHolidayIn	Fiji ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana India ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Pakistan (in some regions) Suriname ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
season	spring ⓘ
startsOn	Narali Purnima ⓘ surface form: Purnima full moon day of Phalguna ⓘ
symbolizes	arrival of spring ⓘ end of winter ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ joy ⓘ renewal of relationships ⓘ victory of good over evil ⓘ
typeOfHoliday	public holiday ⓘ religious observance ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinduism → hasFestival → Holi ⓘ

Indo-Caribbean people → culturalPractice → Holi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phagwah (Holi)

northern India → hasMajorFestival → Holi ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern India

Krishna → festival → Holi ⓘ

Marathi people → traditionalFestival → Holi ⓘ

Holi → alsoKnownAs → Holi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Festival of Colors

Holi → preFestivalRitual → Holi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holika Dahan

Holi → preFestivalRitual → Holi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chhoti Holi

Holi → mainDay → Holi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangwali Holi

Kashmiri Pandit → celebratesFestival → Holi ⓘ

Mathura → majorFestival → Holi ⓘ

Indians → associatedWithFestival → Holi ⓘ

Vrindavan → festival → Holi ⓘ

Indo-Mauritians → festival → Holi ⓘ

Bihar → hasFestival → Holi ⓘ

Braj → associatedWithFestival → Holi ⓘ

Gangaur → startsAfter → Holi ⓘ

Banke Bihari Temple → festival → Holi ⓘ

Dwarkadhish Temple → majorFestival → Holi ⓘ

Shigmo → relatedTo → Holi ⓘ

Hindu lunisolar calendar → determinesFestival → Holi ⓘ

Puran Poli → servedOn → Holi ⓘ

Dhulandi → partOf → Holi ⓘ

Dhulandi → follows → Holi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holika Dahan

Dhulandi → alsoKnownAs → Holi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangwali Holi

Hiranyakashipu → associatedFestival → Holi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holi (through the story of Holika and Prahlada)

Holika and Prahlada → associatedWith → Holi ⓘ

Holika and Prahlada → commemoratedDuring → Holi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holi festival

Holika and Prahlada → commemoratedBy → Holi ⓘ

subject surface form: Holika

this entity surface form: Holika Dahan bonfire

Holika and Prahlada → associatedWithFestival → Holi ⓘ

subject surface form: Holika

Holika and Prahlada → associatedWithFestival → Holi ⓘ

subject surface form: Prahlada

Radha → associatedFestival → Holi ⓘ

Purvanchal → hasFestival → Holi ⓘ

Dwarka → annualFestival → Holi ⓘ

Rang Panchami → associatedWith → Holi ⓘ

Rang Panchami → follows → Holi ⓘ

Braj region → primaryFestivals → Holi ⓘ

Vasant Panchami → linkedFestival → Holi ⓘ

Vasant Panchami → precedes → Holi ⓘ

Khandeshi people → festival → Holi ⓘ

Janmabhoomi (birthplace) shrine of Krishna → festivalObserved → Holi ⓘ

Ahir community → festival → Holi ⓘ

Rasa Lila with gopis → associatedWithFestival → Holi ⓘ

Radha Raman Temple → festival → Holi ⓘ

Kaliya Ghat → hasSeasonalPeak → Holi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holi in Braj

Indo-Fijians → festival → Holi ⓘ

Prem Mandir → festivalCelebrated → Holi ⓘ

Radha Ras Bihari Ashta Sakhi Temple → primaryFestivals → Holi ⓘ

Madan Mohan Temple → hasFestival → Holi ⓘ

Radha Gokulananda Temple → hasFestival → Holi ⓘ