Happy Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Bihu..!

Bhavit Kapoor

@bawaswift

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Hey Ashnians,,, Wish you all a very Happy Lohri tomorrow...🥳 n then Makar Sankranti and Pongal the following days... 🥳

Time to rejoice n bhangra... O balle balle..

Some notes... 😳

Lohri is known as the financial new year for all the Punjabi farmers. Lohri is traditionally associated with the harvest of the rabi crops as the perfect time to harvest sugarcane crops is January. People consume til (sesame seeds) and rorhi (jaggery) on the day of Lohri as it is considered auspicious. Well it is said that the words til and rorhi were merged to form tilorhi, which eventually got shortened to Lohri.

Children sing various songs including Dulha Bhatti, a Punjabi version of Robin Hood and collect money from elders. 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 and revri. Farmers play an important role during Lohri.

Hindus celebrate a host of winter festivals in mid-January. In North India, it's Lohri on the 13th. On the 14th, people observe Makarsankranti across India, Uttarayan in the West, Pongal and Tamil New Year in the South, and Magha Bihu in the East. Here's a collection of web resources on these Hindu winter harvest festivals...

Pongal is the great Indian harvest festival, celebrated every year in mid January to mark the reaping of crops and a special thanksgiving to God, the sun, earth and cattle.

Uttarayan, a.k.a. "Makar Sankranti" is a major festival of the western Indian state of Gujarat which is celebrated on January 14 every year. It is traditionally known for the display of kite flying skills and now an International Kite Festival.