Lohri
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Lohri is a midwinter folk and harvest festival that marks the passing of the winter solstice and the end of winter. It is a traditional welcome of longer days and the sun's journey to the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the Indian harvest festivals observed on or near Makar Sankranti (in the month of Magha in the Indian calendar) and falls on the night before Maghi (in the month of Magh in the Punjabi calendar) which commonly falls on 13 January every year. It is celebrated primarily in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and also other regions of northern India such as Duggar and Jammu
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Lohri
- Holiday.longtype
- Religious, cultural, seasonal
- Holiday.image
- Lohri bonfire.png
- Holiday.caption
- Lohri bonfire
- Holiday.nickname
- Lal Loi
- Holiday.celebrations
- Bonfire, songs and
- Holiday.significance
- Midwinter festival, celebration of winter solstice
- Holiday.relatedto
- Maghi, Makar Sankranti
- Holiday.frequency
- Once in a year
- Holiday.official_name
- Lohri
- Holiday.date
- 13 January
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Date
- History
- Significance
- Celebrations
- Bonfire and festive foods
- Chajja and Hiran dance
- Collecting Lohri items and trick–or–treating
- Practices
- Lohri and the financial year
- Celebration area
- Lohri songs
- Related festivals
- See also
- Notes
- References
Lohri is a midwinter folk and harvest festival that marks the passing of the winter solstice and the end of winter. It is a traditional welcome of longer days and the sun's journey to the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the Indian harvest festivals observed on or near Makar Sankranti (in the month of Magha in the Indian calendar) and falls on the night before Maghi (in the month of Magh in the Punjabi calendar) which commonly falls on 13 January every year. It is celebrated primarily in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and also other regions of northern India such as Duggar and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
Lohri is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Muslims in India and is an official holiday in Punjab, India, Jammu and Himachal Pradesh. The festival is celebrated in Delhi and Haryana where it is not a gazetted holiday
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