13th Jan to 15 the Jan is celebrated all over India in some or the other form. Lohri, pongal, makarsankranti...The names vary but somehow flavor matches... All being harvest festival with peanuts, til( sesame), sugarcane and rice delicacies..
Which part of country you belong to and how you celebrate these days??
Culture of my city is Punjabi and Rajasthani. On 13 Jan. we will celebrate Lohri and on 14 Makar Skaranti. Lohri is festival of Punjabi and Makarsakranti of Rajasthani. Here we start new trend of celebrating Lohri. Kanya Lohri. Here education institute gave package of education of girls. At this lohri more 3000 girls wiil get package for education.
anil wrote:Culture of my city is Punjabi and Rajasthani. On 13 Jan. we will celebrate Lohri and on 14 Makar Skaranti. Lohri is festival of Punjabi and Makarsakranti of Rajasthani. Here we start new trend of celebrating Lohri. Kanya Lohri. Here education institute gave package of education of girls. At this lohri more 3000 girls wiil get package for education.
A good thing indeed to know that day of Lohri, 3000 girls will get package for education.
Bajirao wrote:we celebrate makar sankrant in Maharashtra.. We prepare ladoos made from til and jaggery. Also we prepare mix vegetable for meals , we call it as bhogi..
A strange coincidence, we too in AP call it as Bhogi. All children and elders wear new clothes and sit around a Bonfire
anil wrote:Culture of my city is Punjabi and Rajasthani. On 13 Jan. we will celebrate Lohri and on 14 Makar Skaranti. Lohri is festival of Punjabi and Makarsakranti of Rajasthani. Here we start new trend of celebrating Lohri. Kanya Lohri. Here education institute gave package of education of girls. At this lohri more 3000 girls wiil get package for education.
Could you share something more about the Kanya lohri? Is it some sort of the Government scheme for the education of girls?
In our place it is called Puddar celebrated on Sunday by all agriculturist families. In my own family, the entire family gathers iny ancestral home for a vegetarian lunch using the newly cultivated and prepared rice and vegetables grown in the part of the field that is left out . Normally a portion of the field is left for growing vegetables and pulses and it remains higher than the paddy field so that it does not get water logged.
According to the Hindu calendar month of Paush, when the sun comes up to Capricorn from Sagittarius at this festival is celebrated only. Makar Sankranti day of the solstice the sun begins pace. So this festival is also called sporadic Uttarayani.
Makar Sankranti are several mythological stories attached.
It is said that on this day the God Sun is meet his Son Saturn on his own home, and The Saturn is the Lord of Capricorn, so this day is known as Makar Sankranti.
We celebrate makar sankranti in Rajesthan, Much has flown kites on this day in Rajesthan ..
here in chennai today is bogi... it kind marks the end of the winters.... people clean and clear their houses and lit a fire using old logs and clothes extra.... which is called bogi.. very similar to the lohri is north india.. tmrw is pongal...which is the harvest festival... marked with few clothes for everyone is the family :) sumptuous lunch... and site seeing
In Maharashtra, we celebrate Bhogi one day prior to Makar Sankrant, which is today. We prepare bajra bhakri sprinkled with sesame seeds, a veggie preparation containing a mix of all seasonal veggies such as carrots, peas, green chana, brinjal, different types of vaals etc, the bhaji is seasoned with roasted sesame and peanuts which are coarsely ground. Bajra bhakri, this veggie preparation is eaten accompanied with fresh butter and rice and moong dal khichadi.
Tomorrow for Sankrant, we prepare til gul which is sweet prepared using combination of jaggery, sesame and peanuts, either in laddoo form or a flat cakes like barfi. We also prepare gul poli, which is crispy thin rotis stuffed with jaggery and sesame stuffing, served with dollops of ghee.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:In Maharashtra, we celebrate Bhogi one day prior to Makar Sankrant, which is today. We prepare bajra bhakri sprinkled with sesame seeds, a veggie preparation containing a mix of all seasonal veggies such as carrots, peas, green chana, brinjal, different types of vaals etc, the bhaji is seasoned with roasted sesame and peanuts which are coarsely ground. Bajra bhakri, this veggie preparation is eaten accompanied with fresh butter and rice and moong dal khichadi.
Tomorrow for Sankrant, we prepare til gul which is sweet prepared using combination of jaggery, sesame and peanuts, either in laddoo form or a flat cakes like barfi. We also prepare gul poli, which is crispy thin rotis stuffed with jaggery and sesame stuffing, served with dollops of ghee.
The same one festival in India is celebrated in different ways in different parts, may be it in Rajasthan, Punjab or Maharashtra, people celebrate it in their own way. But the theme of festival is same everywhere. We celebrate it with our family members and neighbors. All enjoy and stay together.
Manoj Kumar Lamba wrote:Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:In Maharashtra, we celebrate Bhogi one day prior to Makar Sankrant, which is today. We prepare bajra bhakri sprinkled with sesame seeds, a veggie preparation containing a mix of all seasonal veggies such as carrots, peas, green chana, brinjal, different types of vaals etc, the bhaji is seasoned with roasted sesame and peanuts which are coarsely ground. Bajra bhakri, this veggie preparation is eaten accompanied with fresh butter and rice and moong dal khichadi.
Tomorrow for Sankrant, we prepare til gul which is sweet prepared using combination of jaggery, sesame and peanuts, either in laddoo form or a flat cakes like barfi. We also prepare gul poli, which is crispy thin rotis stuffed with jaggery and sesame stuffing, served with dollops of ghee.
The same one festival in India is celebrated in different ways in different parts, may be it in Rajasthan, Punjab or Maharashtra, people celebrate it in their own way. But the theme of festival is same everywhere. We celebrate it with our family members and neighbors. All enjoy and stay together.
True,In my own family, my son and his family will be arriving today. Though today we prepare just vegetarian food, on the third day of Sankranti, we prepare Non vegetarian dishes
Local Corporation authorities will organize different different competitions for children. For Fancy dress competition, children will me made as clowns. These programmes attract people from the different localities and cheer up the children
anil wrote:Culture of my city is Punjabi and Rajasthani. On 13 Jan. we will celebrate Lohri and on 14 Makar Skaranti. Lohri is festival of Punjabi and Makarsakranti of Rajasthani. Here we start new trend of celebrating Lohri. Kanya Lohri. Here education institute gave package of education of girls. At this lohri more 3000 girls wiil get package for education.
That is really praiseworthy and inspiring. Festivals are time to celebrate and bring happiness and spread happiness. Education opens the door to inner happiness.
Arunima Singh wrote:anil wrote:Culture of my city is Punjabi and Rajasthani. On 13 Jan. we will celebrate Lohri and on 14 Makar Skaranti. Lohri is festival of Punjabi and Makarsakranti of Rajasthani. Here we start new trend of celebrating Lohri. Kanya Lohri. Here education institute gave package of education of girls. At this lohri more 3000 girls wiil get package for education.
That is really praiseworthy and inspiring. Festivals are time to celebrate and bring happiness and spread happiness. Education opens the door to inner happiness.
Festivals are meant for celebration and meeting Kith and kin and share joy.
Well, there is a common string in all these celebrations around the country..The joy of harvest and delicacies made out of them. And showing gratitude to Nature for its gift. And a happy gala time with loved ones.
@ Usha. Though I had heard of pongal, lohri, sankranti, bhogi etc.. I had never heard of puddar, that is a new information to me. Thank you
Arunima Singh wrote:Well, there is a common string in all these celebrations around the country..The joy of harvest and delicacies made out of them. And showing gratitude to Nature for its gift. And a happy gala time with loved ones.
@ Usha. Though I had heard of pongal, lohri, sankranti, bhogi etc.. I had never heard of puddar, that is a new information to me. Thank you
Puddar is a local name confined just to our district of South Kanara and some parts of Udipi , so not many would know of it !
usha manohar wrote:Arunima Singh wrote:Well, there is a common string in all these celebrations around the country..The joy of harvest and delicacies made out of them. And showing gratitude to Nature for its gift. And a happy gala time with loved ones.
@ Usha. Though I had heard of pongal, lohri, sankranti, bhogi etc.. I had never heard of puddar, that is a new information to me. Thank you
Puddar is a local name confined just to our district of South Kanara and some parts of Udipi , so not many would know of it !
We call Kanuma in Telugu .
@Arunima kunwar