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| Lohri |
Lohri is a festival connected with the solar year.
Generally, it is an accepted fact that this festival is to worship fire.
This is particularly a happy occasion for the couples who for the first
time celebrated Lohri after th eir marriage and also the first Lohri of
the son born in a family. Children visit homes in the neighbourhood and
sing songs. One of the famous ones is :
 Sunder mundriya..ho
Tera kaun vichara..ho
Dulla Bhatti walla..ho
Dulle ne ti viahiyi..ho
Saer Shakar payi..ho
Kudi de boje payee..ho
Shallu kaun samete..ho
Chacha galee dese..ho
Chache choori kutee..ho
Zamindaran lutee..ho
Zamindara sidaye..ho
Gin-gin pole layee..ho
Ik pola reh gaya..ho
Sipahi farh ke lei gaya..ho
Aakho mundao taana..
Mukai da dana..
Aana lei ke jana..
The day begins with children collecting money from
houses in the neighbourhood. In the evening, winter savouries are served
around a bonfire. Celebrated enthusiastically in Haryana, Punjab and parts
of Himachal Pradesh, it also signifies the beginning of the end of winter.
Children go from door to door singing songs in praise of Dulha Bhatti,
a Punjabi version of Robin Hood who robbed the rich and helped the poor.
These "visitors" are given either money or gachak, bhuga, til, moongphali,
gur and rewri.
A bonfire is lit and everyone gathers around it. Munchies,
collected from each house, go around the party and are also thrown into
the fire.
The festival assumes greater significance if there
has been a happy event in the family during the elapsed year, like the
birth of a male child or marriage.
The family then plays host to relations and friends
wherein the eats take a back seat and merry-making takes over. Move on
folks! It is then time for bhangra, dhol, gidda and light-hearted flirtation.
Liquor flows freely and guests are served dinner. But then liquor is a
modern introduction and is not customary and celebrations depend on how
much does the pocket allow.
A popular belief in this region is that if someone
seeks a radish roasted in the bonfire lit by a family that has reason
to celebrate, then blessings are bestowed on the family of the seeker
as well.
Geographically speaking, the earth leans towards the sun along the Tropic
of Capricorn (Makara rekha) from the day following Lohri, also known as
Winter Solstice. The earth, farthest from the sun at this point of time,
starts its journey towards the sun along its elliptical orbit, thus heralding
in the onset of spring. It is this transition which is celebrated as Lohri
in northern India, Makara sankranti in the central part of the country
and as Pongal-Sankranti in South India.
The festival is spread over three days in South India
and also signifies the beginning of harvesting. A rath yatra is taken
out from the Kandaswamy temple in Chennai on Pongal.
The day is celebrated as Ganga-Sagara in West Bengal
and according a belief, Hindus purify their sins by taking bath in the
Ganges. A big fair is also held on the Sagara Island, 64 km from the Diamond
harbour where the Ganga meets the Bay of Bengal.
Call it Lohri, Pongal or Sankranti, the festival conveys
the same message -- the bond of brotherhood and the spirit of oneness
should prevail despite all odds.
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