Hindoo Holiday
E559163
Hindoo Holiday is a memoir by J. R. Ackerley recounting his experiences as a private secretary to an eccentric Indian maharaja in the 1920s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hindoo Holiday canonical | 4 |
| Holi | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5962613 — 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: Hindoo Holiday Context triple: [J. R. Ackerley, notableWork, Hindoo Holiday]
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Holi
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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B.
Uttarayan Festival
Uttarayan Festival is a major kite-flying and harvest celebration in Gujarat, India, marking the transition of the sun into the northern hemisphere and the arrival of longer days.
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C.
Bal Diwas
Bal Diwas is a national observance in India dedicated to celebrating and promoting the rights, welfare, and education of children.
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D.
Hindu Kaharingan
Hindu Kaharingan is an officially recognized form of Hinduism in Indonesia that incorporates the traditional animist and ancestral beliefs of the indigenous Dayak people of Borneo.
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E.
Tihar
Tihar is a major Hindu festival celebrated in Nepal and parts of India, known for its multi-day worship of animals, lights, and the goddess Lakshmi.
- 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: Hindoo Holiday Target entity description: Hindoo Holiday is a memoir by J. R. Ackerley recounting his experiences as a private secretary to an eccentric Indian maharaja in the 1920s.
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A.
Holi
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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B.
Uttarayan Festival
Uttarayan Festival is a major kite-flying and harvest celebration in Gujarat, India, marking the transition of the sun into the northern hemisphere and the arrival of longer days.
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C.
Bal Diwas
Bal Diwas is a national observance in India dedicated to celebrating and promoting the rights, welfare, and education of children.
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D.
Hindu Kaharingan
Hindu Kaharingan is an officially recognized form of Hinduism in Indonesia that incorporates the traditional animist and ancestral beliefs of the indigenous Dayak people of Borneo.
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E.
Tihar
Tihar is a major Hindu festival celebrated in Nepal and parts of India, known for its multi-day worship of animals, lights, and the goddess Lakshmi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | J. R. Ackerley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
life at an Indian royal court
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relationship between British employee and Indian ruler ⓘ |
| describesOccupation | private secretary ⓘ |
| describesTimeAs | holiday in India ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | J. R. Ackerley ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | British colonial viewpoint ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and power dynamics
ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ cultural encounter ⓘ identity ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Hindoo Holiday ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | autobiographical writing ⓘ |
| literaryForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century English literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
India
ⓘ
Indian maharaja ⓘ J. R. Ackerley ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
India
ⓘ
princely state ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frank portrayal of sexuality
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portrayal of eccentric maharaja ⓘ |
| periodDepicted | late British Raj ⓘ |
| portrays | eccentric Indian maharaja ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| workOf | J. R. Ackerley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hindoo Holiday Description of subject: Hindoo Holiday is a memoir by J. R. Ackerley recounting his experiences as a private secretary to an eccentric Indian maharaja in the 1920s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.