Lohri Festival

Lohri is a seasonal festival of North India is as old as that of tale of Indus Valley civilization itself.

The Festival of Lohri marks the opening of the end of winter and the coming of spring and the new year. This festival celebrated on the 13th day of January (Paush or Magh), usually a day earlier than Makar Sankrant. Mainly lohri is a harvest festival. The fires lit at night, the song and dance and the coming jointly of an otherwise atomized community, are only some of the features of this festival.

Lohri Celebration

Lohri is an truly auspicious day. Lohri is basically a festival dedicated to fire and the sun god. Focus of Lohri is on the traditional bonfire.

Makki ki roti and sarson ka saag composes the dinner. Til, gazak, moongphali, and comprises the prasad. A puja is also held with a wish to Agni, linking parikrama around the lohri for abundant crops and wealth. The first Lohri of a bride is very important. The first Lohri of a newborn baby, whether a girl or a boy, is also similarly important.

On Lohri, womenfolk and children get attention. For a bride, the first Lohri is extremely important. Children sing and dance asking for the Lohri prasad. Lohri songs are an essential part of Lohri festival, as without them the Lohri celebrations are incomplete. In the night when the Lohri is lit, people perform dances on the beats of dhol (folk drum) and sing Lohri songs to create a perfect ambience of Lohri celebrations.

Lohri traditions that are followed on Lohri add to the liveliness of the celebrations that everyone remembers till the next Lohri.

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