Lohri is a popular winter Punjabi folk festival, celebrated on January 13 every year just a day before Makar Sankranti. The Lohri festival signals the end of winter and also marks the culmination of the coldest night of the year. It is also a way of welcoming longer, sunnier days and the sun’s northward journey to the hemisphere, which is also reffered to as Uttarayan. It typically falls on the same date every year (January 13). Lohri is also a way of remembering the sun deity Surya and is celebrated with the lighting of a bonfire, which is considered an ancient tradition . This is as an act to please the fire deity.
Celebrations also include assembling in groups and performing the traditional folk dances – Bhangra and Gidda.
Lohri celebration in school
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