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Definition of holin in Turkish English dictionary
- Holi
- A Hindu festival, held in the spring, in which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations
- Hindu spring festival. It is held on the full-moon day of Phalguna (February-March) and celebrated with reckless abandon. All distinctions of caste, age, sex, and status are disregarded. Participants throw coloured powders on each other, and street celebrations are noisy and riotous. The festival is especially associated with the worship of Krishna, and it is considered an imitation of his play with the wives and daughters of the cowherds