page_title: Lohri
section_title: Where celebrated
hierarchical_section_title: Lohri / Where celebrated
caption_attribution_description: English: Bhangra at Global Institutes, Amrtisar
context_page_description: Lohri is a popular winter Punjabi folk festival, celebrated primarily by Hindus and Sikhs from the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, on 13 January of every year. The significance and legends about the Lohri festival are many and these link the festival to the Punjab region. Many people believe the festival commemorates the passing of the winter solstice. Lohri marks the end of winter, and is a traditional welcome of longer days and the sun's journey to the northern hemisphere by Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It is observed the night before Makar Sankranti, also known as Maghi, and according to the solar part of the lunisolar Bikrami calendar and typically falls about the same date every year.
  Lohri is an official restricted holiday in the state of Punjab, India, Haryana and NCT of Delhi where the festival is celebrated by Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Christians but it is not a holiday in Punjab, Pakistan. It is, however, observed by Sikhs and some Muslims in Punjab, Pakistan.
context_section_description: Lohri is celebrated to denote the last of the coldest days of winter. Apart from Punjab, Lohri is also celebrated in Delhi. Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Lohri has been celebrated in Jammu since Mughal times. The festival is observed as Lal Loi in the Sindhi community.
caption: Bhangra
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