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| Lohri celebrated with fanfare, warmth in Jammu | | | Jammu, Jan 13
The joyous festival of 'Lohri' marking the beginning of the end of winter season, was celebrated here today with much fane fare. Friends, relatives and acquaintances were seen greeting each other, soaking themselves in the warmth of the bonfires, and at places even danced to the beats of famous Punjabi songs.
Jawans of Border security Force guarding frontiers of Nation were not left behind and took some time off and celebrate festival of Lohri too along with villagers in RS Pura sector.
Huge bone fire was lit in the Suchetgarh village near Octroi post and jawans danced to the tune of dhol.
"We are happy today our guardians are celebrating festival of Lohri with us ,Charanjeet Singh a villager who participated in the festivities said.Jawans of BSF hailing from a North Indian state said, this festival is celebrated across North India with great zeal and they also decided to organise bonfire in a near by village so as to celebrate the festival with local villagers.
Political parties, social organization and educational institution also celebrated this festival with great fervour and gusto.
At the BJP headquarters in Kacchi Chawni, Lohri was celebrated by party leaders as well as workers, who danced away on the beats of the drum.
Speaking on this occasion, BJP leaders said that they stood for preservation of Dogra culture and heritage and added that Lohri was an intimate part of our culture.
At Poonch, students of Kawa Institute of Management also organized a function to celebrate Lohri. On this occasion, a colourful cultural programme was presented by the students of Kawa institute. Certificates were also awarded to the students, who had completed computer courses by Rajinder Singh Khajuria, Chairman, Municipal Council, Poonch.
Traditionally, during this festival people gather round a bonfire, which is considered sacred and people from all communities gather around it and offer peanuts, ghacak, revaris and pray for peaceful time ahead.
Since, early morning today children dressed in colourful dresses formed small groups and visited houses in their neighbourhood and sang folk songs and demanded their share of Lohri from elders.
Shopkeepers selling traditional gachak, revari, ground nut (Mungfali) and bhugga did brisk business and customers were seen standing outside these shops making last minute preparations to celebrate the festival by litting bonfire in their neighbourhood.
Stating that festival of Lohri was celebrated with great zeal in days of yore, octogenarian Suraj Singh said, "I cherish those days when we used to prepare chajjas whole night and in the morning we visited houses in our neighbourhood along with dholak. The trend is fast fading away giving way to more modern beats of remix versions of Hindi songs played on music systems."
"When we were children, we went from house to house singing the lohri song and would get handfuls of revaris and peanuts that we saved for the evening once the bonfire got lit," Sushila Sharma said.
"Over the years, certain tastes have gone out and new ones have emerged," she added
Community celebrations like 'lohri' are also a way to forget the bitterness of the past. It also provides another way to introduce everyone with rich heritage that seems dying for some, Thakur Angrez Singh said.
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