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| Nothing like a bonfire to bring happiness on a winter night! |
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| The Lohri festivities start with a prayer... |
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| ...followed by the distribution of prashad (offering) |
Lohri is the winter harvest festival, and the typical rabi crops make their appearance in the Lohri prashad.
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| Peanuts, seasame, corn, jaggery, and puffed rice make up the prashad |
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| Of course, there is always the one hungry kid who can't wait until the prayers are said :) :) (sneaking a few early mouthfuls of prashad) |
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| We go around the fire in a parikrama and make offerings to the flame |
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| And what's a celebration without a lot of drums and dancing!! |
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| HAPPY LOHRI EVERYONE! MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL 2013! |