Lohri in Punjab and Haryana have always been celebrated with much exuberance and fanfare. They believe in celebrating this harvest festival together and rejoicing it to the fullest. For the masses this festival is a popular occasion for social intercourse and enjoyment. They make a bonfire and roast ‘fresh chholia’ (green gram) in pods with its leaves and stems intact, and eat it. They also sing and dance sitting around the fire. Lohri is thus a community festival and is always celebrated by getting together with neighbors and the relatives.
Kite-flying enthusiasts fly kites on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad.
Students wearing traditional Punjabi attire dance during the Lohri festival celebrations in Amritsar. Lohri is celebrated on the last day of ‘Poh’ month of the Bikrami calendar, a day before the month of ‘Maagh’ begins.
Students wearing traditional Punjabi dresses dance during Lohri in Amritsar.
Tribals dance during the ‘Badna Parab’ festival on the eve of Maker Sankranti at Gopalnagar in Birbhum district of West Bengal.
Villagers take part a community fishing event during Bhogali Bihu celebrations at Goroimari Lake in Panbari, Guwahati.
Women perform a traditional folk dance near a bonfire as they celebrate the Lohri festival, which marks the culmination of winter in many parts of northern India, in Jammu.
College students, wearing traditional Punjabi dresses, dance during the Lohri festival celebrations in Amritsar on January 12, 2018.
College students, wearing traditional Punjabi dresses, dance during the Lohri festival celebrations in Amritsar on January 12, 2018.
College students, wearing traditional Punjabi dresses, dance during the Lohri festival celebrations in Amritsar on January 12, 2018.
College students, wearing traditional Punjabi dresses, dance during the Lohri festival celebrations in Amritsar on January 12, 2018.
MP Kirron Kher dances during Lohri celebration function by Municipal Corporation at Sector 17 in Chandigarh
On the eve of Lohri festival, students celebrate at Panjab University, Chandigarh
Students of Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology celebrate Lohri at the college campus in Mohali
Women, dressed in their traditional Punjabi attire, fly kites as they celebrate the festival of Lohri in Amritsar on January 12, 2018.
Artists perform cultural programme during Lohri and Sankranti celebration in Kurukshetra
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