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Lohri
The midwinter bonfire night of Punjab, with phulkari dupattas, bright suits and sometimes sarees.
What is worn for Lohri
Lohri is the midwinter bonfire night of Punjab, kept on 13 January as the sugarcane is harvested. Families and neighbours gather round a fire at dusk and throw in sesame, jaggery, peanuts and popcorn, and sing and dance. Women in Punjab traditionally wear salwar kameez with a phulkari dupatta, the shawl embroidered in floss silk in dense geometric patterns, though sarees are worn by many. A first Lohri after a wedding or a birth is celebrated with particular joy, and a new bride is often dressed in her best. The festival falls the night before Makar Sankranti.
Also part of it, and being written: Phulkari (The embroidery of Punjab, worked on shawls, dupattas and sometimes sarees.).
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Lohri" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.