Lohri is a winter harvest festival celebrated by Punjabis. It originated on the winter solstice and involves dancing, singing folk songs around bonfires, eating sweets, and remembering the heroic Robin Hood-like figure Dullah Bhatti who opposed the Mughal emperor Akbar. Families traditionally gather around bonfires, sing and dance together, eat sweets, and children may go door-to-door singing songs to earn money. The author's family in Canada celebrates with a Lohri party and by visiting the Gurudwara instead of lighting bonfires.

1. Lohri, A Beautiful Festival

2. What is Lohri?
● Lohri is a very popular festival
celebrated by Punjabis.
● It is an agricultural winter festival and
many people believed that it was
originally celebrated on winter solstice.
● Many people say that lohri is the day of
harvesting and happiness.
● Also people dance a lot.

3. Historical Significance
● The history was during the reign of Akbar
in the parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, and
Gujarat.
● Raja of Pindi Bhattian, Dullah Bhatti was
known as the Punjabi version of Robin
Hood.
● He robbed the rich and gave to the poor.
Also he respected tribal people. He was
murdered by Akbar.

4. Continued from Page 3
● On Lohri people sing songs about him and
remember him.
● The hero is always remembered every
year

5. Customs and Traditions
● People celebrate Lohri to harvest crops
and mark the end of winter.
● People create bonfires, sit around it and
sing folk songs, and dance with their
friends or relatives and eat sweets.
● In the morning kids go door to door and
sing Dullah Bhatti songs to earn money.

6. My Family’s Way of Celebrating
Lohri
● We practically do the same thing as
written in slide 5, but we don’t go door
to door because this is Canada and we
don’t have bonfires.
● We have a Lohri Party.
● Also we go to the Gurudwara.

7. Bibliography
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festivals.iloveindia.com › Lohri
www.happywink.org/lohrifestival/customs-and-traditions-of-lohri.html