Wednesday 3 January 2018

What is Lohri & How To celebrate This Festival?

The campfire is a key piece of Lohri festivities. It is accepted to spread warmth among individuals that endures the last lap of winter in the district. Individuals sing and move around the blaze amid Lohri festivities.

Customs of different structures are performed around the blaze. One such custom is between couples as delineated in the well known Bollywood motion picture Veer Zaara featuring immense Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta. According to the custom, when a man looks for a lady, he takes her name by the campfire and breaks a sugarcane stick. On the off chance that the lady responds his affection, she reacts by breaking a sugarcane stick.




This is considered as an endorsement and the couple is marry soon. In any case, if the lady wishes to can't, she just unobtrusively tosses some sesame seeds in the fire and it's a simple as that!



Flying kites is another custom that pulls in a great deal of consideration. Individuals spruced up in bright garments get together to fly excellent multi-hued kites at a young hour early in the day. From men and ladies to youthful children, everybody gets amped up for kite-flying amid Lohri.


It is trusted that this custom is performed keeping in mind the end goal to absorb the early morning sun. It is additionally viewed as an approach to thank the sun for helping individuals all through the cultivating season. It is considered as a thank you and a supplication for the sun's endowments for the express whose fundamental occupation is farming