Meaning of Holi | Babel Free

Definitions

A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.

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Examples

“At the Hoolie or Spring Festival, which happened in March, the Sepoys came round in procession, and exhibited anautch for our amusement in front of our bungalow, and a sort of play, the performers enacting the part of wild beasts.”

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