Lohri
E64462
Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter harvest festival celebrated with bonfires, folk songs, and traditional foods to mark the end of the winter solstice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lohri canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T502457 — 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: Lohri Context triple: [Northern India, hasMajorFestival, Lohri]
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A.
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
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B.
Teej
Teej is a traditional Hindu monsoon festival, especially celebrated by women in northern India, marked by fasting, swings, folk songs, and prayers for marital bliss and well-being.
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C.
Vaisakhi
Vaisakhi is a major spring harvest festival and Sikh religious celebration marking the formation of the Khalsa and the Punjabi New Year.
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D.
Bihu
Bihu is a major Assamese festival in India that marks seasonal changes and the agrarian New Year with music, dance, and community celebrations.
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E.
Dussehra
Dussehra is a major Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, most prominently marked in northern India by the burning of effigies of the demon king Ravana.
- 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: Lohri Target entity description: Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter harvest festival celebrated with bonfires, folk songs, and traditional foods to mark the end of the winter solstice.
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A.
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
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B.
Teej
Teej is a traditional Hindu monsoon festival, especially celebrated by women in northern India, marked by fasting, swings, folk songs, and prayers for marital bliss and well-being.
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C.
Vaisakhi
Vaisakhi is a major spring harvest festival and Sikh religious celebration marking the formation of the Khalsa and the Punjabi New Year.
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D.
Bihu
Bihu is a major Assamese festival in India that marks seasonal changes and the agrarian New Year with music, dance, and community celebrations.
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E.
Dussehra
Dussehra is a major Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, most prominently marked in northern India by the burning of effigies of the demon king Ravana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Punjabi festival
ⓘ
festival ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ winter festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownFor | exchange of gifts ⓘ |
| alsoSpelledAs | Lohari ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hindu community
ⓘ
Punjabi culture ⓘ Sikh people ⓘ
surface form:
Sikh community
|
| celebratedIn |
India
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ Punjab ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
celebration of agrarian life
ⓘ
strengthening community bonds ⓘ |
| featuresDance |
bhangra
ⓘ
gidda ⓘ |
| featuresMusic | Punjabi folk songs ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
children going door to door singing Lohri songs
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distribution of sweets ⓘ family and community feasts ⓘ |
| hasFood |
gajak
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gur (jaggery) ⓘ makki di roti ⓘ peanuts ⓘ popcorn ⓘ rewri ⓘ sarson da saag ⓘ til (sesame seeds) ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
circling bonfire
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community gathering ⓘ lighting bonfire ⓘ offering food to bonfire ⓘ singing folk songs ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ |
| languageContext | Punjabi ⓘ |
| marks | end of winter solstice period ⓘ |
| oftenDedicatedTo |
newborn children
ⓘ
newlyweds ⓘ |
| oftenObservedOn | 13 January ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Maghi
ⓘ
Makar Sankranti ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
observed by Hindus
ⓘ
observed by Sikhs ⓘ primarily cultural festival ⓘ |
| season | winter ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fertility
ⓘ
harvest of rabi crops ⓘ prosperity ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | January ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lohri Description of subject: Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter harvest festival celebrated with bonfires, folk songs, and traditional foods to mark the end of the winter solstice.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern India