LOHRI FESTIVAL

Lohri festival is a very popular Punjabi festival celebrated every year by the people of Punjabi religion in the South Asia. It is considered that it is celebrated in winter on the day when the day becomes a shortest day and the night becomes a longest night of the year.

LOHRI FESTIVAL 2019

Lohri festival was celebrated with big enthusiasm in 2019 on 13th of January, at Sunday in the Punjab, Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and other parts of the Himachal Pradesh.

WHY LOHRI FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED

There are many assumptions of celebrating the Lohri festival in Punjabis. Some of them are mentioned below:

• It is believed that the name Lohri was originated from the word “Loi” (the wife of the Saint Kabir).
• However, some believed that it was originated from the word “Loh” (a device used to make chapattis).
• Another belief of celebrating the festival of Lohri is, it was originated as Lohri behind the name of sister of Holika. People believed that the sister of Holika was survived however Holika herself died in the fire.
• Another reason of celebrating this festival is that Lohri word was originated from the word tilorhi (a combination of til and rorhi).
• Farmers celebrate Lohri as a beginning of the new financial year.

• HOW TO CELEBRATE LOHRI FESTIVAL

  It is celebrated by the people in India with lots of joy and happiness like other festival. It is the festival which brings together all the family members, relatives and friends at one place. At this day people meet and enjoy distributing sweets to each other. It is a most famous harvest festival of great importance for the farmers.
  People light a bon fire at this day, then sing a song and dance around it. They throw some rewaries, popcorn, sugar-candies, sesame seeds, gur and other things in the fire while singing and dancing around the bonfire.
  It is celebrated at various places in India with different names such as Bhogi in the Andhra Pradesh, Magha Bihu in the Assam, Makar Sankranti in the Karnataka, UP and Bihar, Pongal in the Tamil Nadu, Tai Pongal in Kerala etc. A pooja ceremony is held in evening when people do prayer to Agni and do parikrama around the bonfire in order to get blessings for future prosperity.
  People enjoy eating delicious foods like sarson ka saag, makki ki roti, til, gur, gazak, moongphali, popcorn and phuliya as a Prasad. Everyone sing and dance and enjoy eating Lohri Prasad.