Holi
E18876
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.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holi canonical | 116 |
| Festival of Colors | 4 |
| Holi in Braj | 3 |
| Holika Dahan | 3 |
| Lathmar Holi | 3 |
| Rangwali Holi | 3 |
| Holi celebrations | 2 |
| Lathmar Holi celebrations | 2 |
| Chhoti Holi | 1 |
| Holi (date varies, often in March) | 1 |
| Holi (through the story of Holika and Prahlada) | 1 |
| Holi Festival of Colors celebration | 1 |
| Holi festival | 1 |
| Holi in Barsana | 1 |
| Holika Dahan bonfire | 1 |
| Phagwah (Holi) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152511 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holi Context triple: [Hinduism, hasFestival, Holi]
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A.
Diwali
Diwali is a major Hindu festival of lights celebrating the victory of good over evil and light over darkness, marked by prayers, feasts, and fireworks.
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B.
Purim
Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther, celebrated with feasting, costumes, charity, and the reading of the Megillah.
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C.
Sivan
Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally associated with the festival of Shavuot and the giving of the Torah.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Hanukkah
Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and celebrated by lighting a menorah, reciting special prayers, and enjoying traditional foods.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holi Target entity description: 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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A.
Diwali
Diwali is a major Hindu festival of lights celebrating the victory of good over evil and light over darkness, marked by prayers, feasts, and fireworks.
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B.
Purim
Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther, celebrated with feasting, costumes, charity, and the reading of the Megillah.
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C.
Sivan
Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally associated with the festival of Shavuot and the giving of the Torah.
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D.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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E.
Hanukkah
Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and celebrated by lighting a menorah, reciting special prayers, and enjoying traditional foods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu festival
ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ spring festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Festival of Colors
ⓘ
linked to:
Holi
Festival of Love ⓘ Festival of Spring ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Krishna
ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ |
| associatedWithLegend |
Hiranyakashipu
ⓘ
Holika and Prahlada ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Mathura
ⓘ
Vrindavan ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Braj ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ Guyana ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
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 ⓘ Rangwali Holi ⓘ
linked to:
Holi
|
| mainlyCelebratedBy |
Hindus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hinduism
|
| observedBy | people of various religions in South Asia ⓘ |
| occursInMonth |
March
ⓘ
Phalguna ⓘ |
| preFestivalRitual |
Chhoti Holi
ⓘ
linked to:
Holi
Holika Dahan ⓘ
linked to:
Holi
|
| publicHolidayIn |
Fiji
ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
India ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan (in some regions) ⓘ
linked to:
Pakistan
Suriname ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| season | spring ⓘ |
| startsOn |
Purnima
ⓘ
linked to:
Narali 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Holi Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (144)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Holi
subject linked to:
northern India
linked to: Holi
linked to: Holi
linked to: Holi
linked to: Holi
linked to: Holi
linked to: Holi
subject linked to:
Holika and Prahlada
linked to: Holi
subject linked to:
Holika and Prahlada
subject linked to:
Holika and Prahlada
linked to: Holi