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Lohri 2024: Exploring the Date, Significance, and Celebrations

  • Posted on January 13, 2024
  • Lifestyle
  • By Arijit Dutta
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Lohri 2024, the vibrant harvest festival celebrated primarily in Punjab, holds historical and cultural significance. Commencing on January 14, the festival marks the end of winter and the onset of the harvest season. Rooted in legends, particularly the tale of Dulla Bhatti, Lohri involves bonfires, folk songs, and spirited dances.

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Lohri, a joyous harvest festival deeply embedded in the cultural fabric of Punjab, brings communities together on January 14 to celebrate the changing seasons. This traditional winter folk festival holds historical importance as it aligns with the passing of the Winter Solstice and the emergence of longer days as the sun moves towards the northern hemisphere.

Rooted in the lunisolar Bikrami and Hindu solar calendars, Lohri signifies the commencement of the Paush month. The festival observes the culmination of the main winter crop, wheat, sown in October and thriving across Punjab's fields in January. As the Rabi crop is harvested in March, Lohri becomes a moment to rejoice, symbolizing the end of winter and the promise of spring.

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Legend attributes Lohri's celebration to 'Dulla Bhatti,' a local hero during Akbar's reign, akin to Punjab's 'Robin Hood.' Renowned for saving young girls from slavery, he arranged their marriages and became a folk hero celebrated during Lohri through songs and dances.

The festival, dedicated to the sun deity Surya, seeks blessings for a prosperous harvest. Traditional celebrations include bonfires where people offer peanuts, gur ki rewari, and makhana to please the fire deity. Unlike typical Indian festivals involving family visits, Lohri witnesses communal gatherings around massive bonfires, accompanied by joyful dances to the beats of dhol, Bhangra, and Gidda.

Homes are adorned, and a delectable feast, featuring roasted corn from the new harvest and sugarcane products like gurh and gachak, adds flavor to the festivities. Lohri encapsulates the spirit of togetherness, vibrant traditions, and a fervent celebration of the harvest season in Punjab.

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