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Lohri Gifts to Gurgaon |
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Lohri is a festival like no other. Remember that feeling when you come in from the cold? Well, in the freezing fogged climes cold of north India, Lohri gives the warmest feeling you will ever get to experience. Holi comes close, but is still second to Lohri. The winter or the Rabi crop in north India, mostly of wheat, mustard and rice is sown in October for harvest in March and April. December is a very critical month for crops such as mustard with hazards such as early morning dew formation. In mid January, the crops are ripening and look full of distinct promises a little more time in the making. This is when Lohri is celebrated, usually on 13th January and the festival is marked by an exchange of gifts everywhere including Lohri gifts to Gurgaon. For choosing appropriate Lohri gifts to Gurgaon from gifts to Gurgaon, we will quickly run you through some important aspects of the festival
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Do not for a moment think that the festival is of importance only in Punjab with its wheat granaries and that Lohri gifts to Gurgaon or Lohri Gifts in Guragon are exchanged amongst Punjabis. The secular celebration of this day is as Sankrant in Haryana, Makar Sankranti in West Bengal, Uttarayan in Gujarat and Pongal in Tamil Nadu. It is known as the day when when the sun begins a northward march, the auspicious period begins and so does the Tamil New Year. Gifts are exchanged everywhere be they called Gurgaon Lohri gifts or gifts for Lohri or Pongal gifts.
When faced with Lohri Gifting at Gurgaon and considering Lohri gifts, knowing the festival traditions help a lot. On Lohri morning, children rush from one house to another "demanding" Lohri ransom or loot i.e. In hard cash and sesame, peanut and jaggery preparations, a traditional sweetmeat. With modernization, toys such as board or video games have replaced hard cash (to an extent) as Lohri gifts to Gurgaon.
In the evening after the sun sets, in the biting cold wind, on dewy grassy knolls, huge bonfires are lit up. These fires are stoked regularly with popcorn and puffed rice too! Folk songs are sung and folklore discussed. The men dance the bhangra but alone with the women outdoing ech other in gidda around their own separate fire. Prasad (food portions first offered to the Gods) is distributed at the end.
In urbanized and cosmopolitan Gurgaon, Lohri gifts to Gurgaon are modernized too. The occasion traditionally also calls for gifts to new born babes and newly wed, the brides in particular. So when it comes to Lohri gifts to Gurgaon, you may choose sweet and dry fruit hampers for all with toys and games for children. For little babies, choose something that will make them gurgle with joy. For newly-weds, Lohri gifts to Gurgaon are piled sky-high. All keep fresh money notes handy for all those noisy children.
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