Sentence examples for start of Holi from inspiring English sources

It was our good fortune to arrive at the start of Holi, a Hindu spring religious festival.

Holika bonfire is the start of Holi.

Though the celebratory part of Holi hadn't officially started, several people had already started celebrating when we visited the shop.

So, for our American contingency of readers, enjoying videos like this by local Indian-artists and learning more about the complete tradition of Holi in the process is perhaps a better place to start.

Describes the festivities of Holi.

Then, after the bleak new year, the wash of colours of Holi, the festival of spring.

He remembers that some of the gunmen had faces painted in the raucous fashion of Holi, a Hindu holiday being celebrated that day.

And pinks, reds, yellows, blues and every colour under the sun as the country's 800,000,000-strong population of Hindus celebrates the festival of Holi.

In spring the favoured Hindu festival of Holi is an orgy of colour as people race through the streets showering each other in bright powders and paints.

Hola Mahalla, which is held the day after the Hindu festival of Holi, was established by Gobind Singh as an alternative to the Hindu holiday.

Dean's video shows a celebration of the annual Hindu festival of Holi, during which people joyously pelt and splash each other with powdered pigments and colored water.