Min holi fader, be youre leve 1360 Of al that ye have spoken hiere Which toucheth unto this matiere, To telle soth riht as I wene, I wot noght o word what ye mene.
And thus he loketh on the fleissh, 7070 Riht as an hauk which hath a sihte Upon the foul, ther he schal lihte; And as he were of faierie, He scheweth him tofore here yhe In holi place wher thei sitte, Al forto make here hertes flitte.
And forto speke it otherwise, What man that lasseth the franchise And takth of holi cherche his preie, I not what bedes he schal preie.
Bot if the Prelatz wolden werke Upon the feith which thei ous teche, Men scholden noght here weie seche Withoute liht, as now is used: Men se the charge aldai refused, Which holi cherche hath undertake.
And thus the werres thei beginne, Wherof the holi cherche is taxed, That in the point as it is axed The disme goth to the bataille, As thogh Crist myhte noght availe 270 To don hem riht be other weie.
And ek tak hiede of Achilles, Whan he unto his love ches Polixena, that was also In holi temple of Appollo, Which was the cause why he dyde And al his lust was leyd asyde.
And forto preche therupon Crist bad to hise Apostles alle, The whos pouer as nou is falle On ous that ben of holi cherche, If we the goode dedes werche; 1800 For feith only sufficeth noght, Bot if good dede also be wroght.
The sect observe the Holi in a different way from other Hindus.
Their weddings are held near a temple of Maroti, or if there be none such, then at the place where the Holi fire was lit in the preceding year.
Their chief festivals are the Holiand Diwali, at which they drink a great deal.
Rose-coloured water and powder are sprinkled over the guests and the proceeding is known as Phag, because it is considered to have the same significance as the Holi festival observed in Phagun.
Retaining the character of a native prince he halted here for two days to celebrate the Holi festival.
They meet at central villages during the Holi festival.
They worship their weaving implements at the Diwali and Holi festivals, and feed the crows in Kunwar (September-October) as representing the spirits of their ancestors.
We shall see that this is one probable explanation of the indecency which prevails at the Holi festival.
This may be the origin of the indecencies of word and act practised at the Holi and Kajari festivals in Upper India, which are both closely connected with the control of the weather.
If one interpretation of the rite be correct, the Holi festival is intended as a means of propitiating sunshine.
The same rule applies to the priest who performs the rites at the lighting of the Holi fire.
She appears to be the same as Holika or Horka Maiyya, whom we shall meet in connection with the Holi festival.
But the renewal of vegetation in the spring has exercised a very powerful effect on the primitive mind, being marked by the Holi festival in India, corresponding to the Carnival in Europe.
They worship Chitragupta, their divine ancestor, at weddings and at the Holi and Diwali festivals.
The Holi festival, which corresponds to the Carnival, being held in spring at the end of the Hindu year, is observed by Gonds as well as Hindus.
In Bilaspur a Gond or Baiga, as representing the oldest residents, is always employed to light the Holi fire.
He is worshipped once a year after the Holi festival with offerings of vermilion, areca-nuts and cocoanuts, and libations of liquor.
They bring the ploughshare from the house and heat it red-hot in the Holi fire and take it back.
Men are accustomed to brand themselves on the joints of the wrists, elbows and knees with burning wood of the semar tree from the Holi fire in order to render their joints supple for dancing.
In the western Districts on one of the five days following the Holi the swinging rite is performed.
Marriages commonly take place on the fifth, seventh or ninth day after the Holi festival, or on the festival of Badsavitri, the third day of Baisakh (light fortnight).
Members of such a sept abstain from injuring the animal after which the sept is named or eating its flesh; those of the Tuma sept worship a gourd with offerings of milk and a cocoanut at the Holi festival.
At theHoli festival the fire of the Mahars is kindled first and that of the Kunbis is set alight from it.
Of Hindu customs they observe the Holi or Diwali; their marriages are never arranged in the same got or sept; and they permit daughters to inherit.
The male figure is then thrown on to the Holi fire with a live chicken or an egg.
At the Holi feast the Mannewars make two human figures to represent Kami and Rati, or the god of love and his wife.
They principally observe the Holi and Dasahra festivals and the days of the new and full moon.
Similarly the Holi pyre is often kindled with fire produced by the friction of wood, and temples are lighted with vegetable instead of mineral oil.
They quench their furnace on the new moon day of every month, the Ramnaomi and Durgapuja or nine days' fasts in the months of Chait and Kunwar, and for the two days following the Diwali and Holi festivals.
This powder is also used at the Holi festival and has some sexual significance.
Religious dance The tribe worship Dulha Deo, the bridegroom god, and also make offerings to their ploughs at the time of eating the new rice and at the Holi and Dasahra festivals.
So the Koli village looks forward to the Holi and makes timely preparation for it.
The Holi comes round about the time of the vernal equinox, when victory declares for day and warmth in its long struggle with night and cold.
The king that al this world shop thoru his holi mi[gh]tte, He wite houre soule from then heuele wi[gh]tte.
And of þe leue holi rode, Þat god him-selue ran on blode!
By this meane wee shuld euer haue concorde emongist vs, whiche in all thynges is necessary, but most nedefull and expedient in Gods holi woord.
Maries sone that sitteth in trone, Lade to the i make my mone, For thin holy grace; That we mote be present, At the day of jujement, And seen thin holi face.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
