Lohri 2020: Why Lohri is Celebrated? What is the story of Dulla Bhatti?

Lohri 2020: Why Lohri is Celebrated? What is the story of Dulla Bhatti?

Lohri 2020:  The festival of Lohri is celebrated before Makar Sankranti. Lohri is the main festival of Punjabis, so it is most popular in Punjab and Haryana.  Lohri is a festival to  rejoice and  dance in the form of bhangra. Today, Lohri is popular in the entire country including Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal. The festival has a special tradition of eating peanuts, revdi, popcorn, and Gazaks and offering them to people. Earlier in the evening people first put Revdis and peanuts in the fire. Since Lohri is considered to be the main festival of farmers, therefore it is festival celebrated after harvesting the crop, then they set  Lohri  ( fire) and rotate around it while dancing. It is considered very auspicious to offer Gajak and Revadi in the burning Lohri. Like Holika Dahan, a small pile of duck and wood is made. All the family members stand around it and celebrate by singing and dancing. Women take their young children in their arms and heat the fire of Lohri. It is believed that the chil…