{"id":3358,"date":"2017-01-12T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsofrajasthan.com\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T06:12:32","slug":"punjabis-celebrate-lohri-makar-sankranti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsofrajasthan.com\/punjabis-celebrate-lohri-makar-sankranti\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Punjabis Celebrate Lohri and the World Celebrates Makar Sankranti?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bonfire, Chikki, Til (Sesame seeds) and Gur (Jaggery) sweets and kites– these are tempting enough to celebrate a festival. But, that’s not why we celebrate Makar Sankranti and Lohri every year. Cant’ think of any more reasons? Here, we’ll tell you why we celebrate these colourful festivals.<\/p>\n
Lohri and Makar Sankranti are two major Indian festivals that fall back to back in the month of January, that is on the 13th and 14th day of the month, every year. While Lohri is associated with the end of the winter solstice, Makar Sankranti marks the beginning of Spring equinox.<\/p>\n
About 16 centuries ago, both these festivals were celebrated in context with the winter solstice.<\/p>\n