Showing posts with label lohri greetings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lohri greetings. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

how to Choose the Shoes for the New Season.


Shoes are something everyone would like to have with every outfit, since the outfit’s look is incomplete without the appropriate shoes. With the arrival of summer just go and grab some new pairs of shoes from the new arrivals, this summer go for the earthy tones of shoes so that they go with the summer outfits. Get some peep toes and tube strapped shoes, go for high heels and shoes with trimmed flowers on them. You would definitely need some shoes for evening wears and they have to be formal and can be in slightly darker tones of colours.
Wedge shoes are still in fashion since they are trendy and comfortable for all those who have to walk and stand in the offices all day. Women who are still looking for office wear should grab some wedges. For Asian women the pumps will never be out of fashion since they have to walk every day, besides that the students would also always want the pumps for walking in campus. Pumps keep the feet comfortable and relaxed as well.
Besides that canvas shoes for the casual look and the normal wear are going to be the most amazing for adding the colour and the comfort to the summer.  For the formal wear the strappy sandals will never be out of fashion or out of the shoe trend since they look so amazing and they go with every other outfit.
A good collection of shoes makes the life easy for a women since you don’t have to worry about what to wear with what outfit, it also ensures the comfort

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Lohri Punjabi agriculture and love festival

Lohri is fundamentally an agricultural festival, filled with merry-making. It is celebrated in the state of Punjab on the on the 13th of January, which falls one day before Makar Sankranti. While Lohri is essentially a Punjab festival, it is celebrated in some other states of North India as well. In cities like Delhi, which have a predominant Punjbai population, Lohri is celebrated to denote the last of the coldest days of winter. The Punjab and other areas of North India get very cold in the month of January, and usually the period of the last week of December and the first couple of weeks in January are the coldest of the season. However, after Lohri, the temperature starts gradually rising.
During the day, children go from door to door singing songs in praise of Dulha Bhatti, the Punjabi version of Robin Hood, a thief who helps the poor and fights for their rights. These children are given sweets and savouries, and occasionally, money. These munchies that the children collect are known as Lohri, and they are distributed at night during the festival. Some may be offered to the sacred fire.
The festival of Lohri is celebrated outdoors. As it is usually very cold on the 13th of January, a bonfire is lit, and friends and relatives gather around. If there has been a happy occasion in the family, like the birth of a child or a marriage, Lohri is celebrated with much greater gusto. The happy family usually hosts a party to celebrate the first Lohri of the new child or couple.
Singing and dancing form an intrinsic part of the celebrations. People wear their brightest clothes and come to dance the bhangra and gidda to the beat of the dhol. Punjabi songs are sung, and everybody rejoices.
Sarson ka saag and makki ki roti is usually served as the main course at a lohri dinner. In the villages of Punjab, Lohri is an occasion where the entire village gets together and participates in the celebrations like one big happy family. The bonfire is lit in the main village square, and after a fair amount of song and dance, everyone eats a rich and fulfilling community dinner. During this time, the farmers are undergoing a period of rest because wheat, which is the main crop in Punjab, is sown in October and harvested in March or April. In January, the fresh crop has just started growing, and the farmers are ecstatic.
A prayer is made to Agni, the god of Fire, and Prasad is distributed. The prasad comprises of five main things: til, gazak, gur, moongphali (peanuts), and phuliya or popcorn. An offering is also made of this Prasad to the sacred fire.
Lohri is celebrated throughout the country in different forms, as a harvest festival. It is called Pongal in the South, Bhugali Bihu in Assam, Bhogi in Andhra Pradesh and Sankranti in the central part of the country. Modes of celebrating Lohri are also different, but the message conveyed by the festival, that of setting aside differences and rejoicing by celebrating the end of the harvest season and the chilly winter, is the same.