Lal Loi
Lal Loi | |
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Sindhi Hindu[1]
Religious festival | |
Significance | Midwinter festival, celebration of Winter Solstice |
Celebrations | Bonfire, song and dance |
Date | 13 January |
Related to | Lohri, Bhogi[2] |
Lal Loi is the Sindhi term for the Punjabi winter folk festival of Lohri.[3][4] It is celebrated in some parts of the Pakistani province of Sindh by the Hindus and also celebrated by Sindhi Hindus in India. On the day of Lal Loi children bring wood sticks from their grand parents and aunties and light a fire burning the sticks in the night with people enjoying, dancing and playing around the fire.
Sindhis believe that the focus of Lal Loi should be on getting rid of old belongings and cleansing the mind in readiness of the festival of Tirmoor which is observed the day after Lal Loi by all Sindhis. Tirmoor is the Sindhi name for Makar Sankranti.[5] For Sindhis, Makar Sankranti means worshipping Lord Sun and flying kites.[6]
According to some, not all
In places where
See also
- Makar Sankranti
- Pongal
- Ahir
- Bhogali Bihu
- Sankranti
- Winter Solstice
- Lohri
References
- ISBN 978-0-333-90396-4.
- ISBN 9788185120232.
- ^ "Mandir Events". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014. Jhuelel Mandir
- ^ [1] Sindhi Rasoi
- ^ [2] J P Vaswani: Destination Happiness
- ^ Nidhin Singhi "Lohri gaiety warms all" Times of India 13 01 2012
- ^ Nidhin Singhi "Lohri gaiety warms all" Times of India 13 01 2012
- ^ Kumar, P. Pratap (2014) Contemporary Hinduism
- ^ [3] Hindustan Times: 12 01 2014
- ^ [4] Udaipur Times, Gaurav Bhandari 13 01 2013
- ^ [5] Merinews: Dr Lalit Kishore 08 01 2014