Lohri

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Lohri is a popular Punjabi winter harvest festival celebrated with bonfires, folk songs, and traditional foods to mark the end of the winter solstice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Punjabi festival
festival
harvest festival
winter festival
alsoKnownFor exchange of gifts
alsoSpelledAs Lohari
associatedWith Hindu community
Punjabi culture
Sikh people
surface form: Sikh community
celebratedIn India
Pakistan
Punjab
culturalSignificance celebration of agrarian life
strengthening community bonds
featuresDance bhangra
gidda
featuresMusic Punjabi folk songs
hasCustom children going door to door singing Lohri songs
distribution of sweets
family and community feasts
hasFood gajak
gur (jaggery)
makki di roti
peanuts
popcorn
rewri
sarson da saag
til (sesame seeds)
hasRitual circling bonfire
community gathering
lighting bonfire
offering food to bonfire
singing folk songs
traditional dance
languageContext Punjabi
marks end of winter solstice period
oftenDedicatedTo newborn children
newlyweds
oftenObservedOn 13 January
relatedTo Maghi
Makar Sankranti
religiousContext observed by Hindus
observed by Sikhs
primarily cultural festival
season winter
symbolizes fertility
harvest of rabi crops
prosperity
timeOfYear January

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Doaba hasFestival Lohri
Majha hasFestival Lohri
subject surface form: Northern India
Punjabi cuisine occasion Lohri