Best of lohri 2020

January 03, 2020

When is Lohri celebrated?

Lohri is celebrated on 13 January of every year.

· Lohri is all about celebration of beginning of longer days after the winter has passed away. And sun has moving with his journey towards the norther ward. Lohri is celebrated before the day of Makar Sankranti.

History of LOHRI

When comes to the history of lohri:

Lohri is all about celebrating the beginning of the longer days and recalling that the winter has ended. There are several stories about the Lohri, But the first story is all about the Sun. Lohri is about the thanking of sun deity for returning (after the completions of winter season). And the second one is about the Dulla Bhatti, Dulla Batti was living in Punjab when he led a revolt against the Mughal, he was regarded as a hero in Punjab for rescuing the two girls i.e. Sundri and Mundri for being taken to be sold in the market.

Importance of Lohri

1. Lohri is the festival which marks the ending of the year and stating a new year (after the day of Lohri) on Makar Sankranti

2. It is been celebrated to thank sun deity for returning and being asking him for the heat.

3. They sit around the bonfire, sing and dance till the bonfire dies. (It marks the last winter night of the year)

How do they celebrate Lohri?

The best place to celebrate lohri is in Punjab. The main theme of lohri is BONFIRE. The bonfire ceremony differs from place to place in Punjab, in various places of Punjab the celebration of lohri is celebrated in the past 5-10 days by the young teenagers, they move around the places to gather the logs (wood) for the bonfire. And some of the families will be giving the sweet to the teenagers. The collection gathered by the teenagers are distributed in the night during the bonfire.

As I said the bonfire ceremony differs from place to place in Punjab, in some places of Punjab the bonfire is made with gobar (cattle dung) and then it is fired from beneath. And in some places, it is been celebrated with logs (wood) which has been collected by the teenagers. The sweet items collected by the teenagers are being distributed, peanuts and some other food items are thrown in fire. Throwing the food and peanuts in the fire represents the burning the old year and starting the new year.