Lohri
13 January 2026 · movable holiday — Toss popcorn into the flames – winter fades and Lohri glows!
Lohri is a folk festival celebrated mainly in Punjab, in northern India. It takes place on the night before Makar Sankranti (the day when, in the Indian calendar, the Sun enters the zodiac sign Makara, or Capricorn), usually on 13 January. It marks the end of the coldest winter days and the slow lengthening of daylight after the winter solstice. In the evening, families and neighbours light a large bonfire, walk around it, sing folk songs, dance bhangra (a Punjabi folk dance) and toss popcorn, peanuts and sesame sweets into the flames. People also eat gur (unrefined cane sugar) and rewri (sesame candies). Lohri is linked to the sugarcane harvest and to hopes for a good crop of winter wheat, which is still growing in the fields, and is celebrated with special joy by families with a newborn child or a recent wedding. The fire stands for warmth, gratitude and hope for a fruitful year.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver star figure made of luminous dots and fine lines, shaped like a dancing flame that sways across the sky like a moving constellation
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