Lohri is celebrated on January 13, 2017, and devotees
festival celebrates this festival by worshipping the bonfire. Lohri festival is
celebrated on winter solstice day which signifies the beginning of the end of
winter season. Lohri is closely linked to Hindu festival Makar Sankranti,
which is celebrated one day after that. While celebratign Lohri festival,
children sing various songs and collect money from elders, while women sing Sunder mundriye ho while they go around the bonfire. It is said
that Lohri festival is associated with the harvest of the
rabi crops as it is the best time when Punjab farmers harvest sugarcane crops.
Maghi Sangrand, is the day celebrated after Lohri which is the financial New
Year. Further in the evening, a bonfire is lit and everyone gathers around
it. People worship the bonfire by offering food including peanuts, popcorn and
sweets made of til-
In the evening, a
bonfire is lit and everyone gathers around it. People worship the bonfire by
offering food including peanuts, popcorn and sweets made of til-chirva,
gajak, peanuts, popcorns and revri. They also keep on chanting “Aadar aye dilather jaye” which means ‘May honor come and
poverty vanish’. The festival signifies that there is a happy event in the
family during the elapsed year. Liquor, one of the major elements flows freely
during the festival. During this special occasion, you can find some really
yummy and tradition food items including gajjak, sarson da saag and
makke di roti in a Punjabi house.
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