LAL - LOHI / LOHRI

 

Lal Lohi Is The Sindhi Festival Which Is Celebrated Every Year On 13th January As The Sun Starts Its Journey Back To Northern Hemisphere.

 

On This Day Children And Teenage Come Together And Collect The Wood And Sticks / Wood Logs From Their Grand Parents And Families, 

In The Night The Bonfire Is Lit Where All People, Children And Women Dance Around The Fire Where In The Women Also Offer The Prayers And Prasad To The Fire Like Coconut And Sesa (Sesa-Rice), Then The Prasad Is Distribute In All People And Children. Some People Distribute Boondi Singer And Sesa Along With Coconut And Revi.  

The Festival Is Celebrated Till The Midnight By Singing And Dancing By The Fire And Woman Offering Prayers For Their Family Well-Being Also Lal-Lohi Is The Significance To Leave The Old Belonging Behind And Cleansing The Mind In The Readiness Of The Festival Of Tirmoor Which Is Celebrated The Day After Lal Lohi, Tirmoori Is The Sindhi Name Of Makar Sankaranti, Also We Worship Lord Sun On This Day People Also Fly Kites And Distribute Lai( Til Sweets And Prasad).

 

So Wishing Every One Happy Lal Lohi And Tirmoori- Makar Sankranti