Lohri is a harvest festival of northern India. It is celebrated on the 13th of January every year. Crops, such as wheat, are planted in October and harvested around March or April. January is when the fields begin to show signs of a good harvest and farmers celebrate Lohri before the cutting and gathering of crops. Lohri is thanking God for a good crop and thanking the Sun God for bringing warmth.

Lohri is a festival connected with the solar year.This festival marks the departure of the winter season. Earlier it was celebrated mainly in Punjab but now across the country people celebrated this as a harvest festival like Pongal- in Tamil Nadu,Bihu in Assam,Bhogi in Andhra pradesh and the Sankranti in Karnataka,Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
For Punjabis, Lohri is more than just a festival, and also an example of a way of life. The essence of Lohri is celebration of fertility and the spark of life. An extremely auspicious day, Lohri marks the sun's entry in to the 'Makar Rashi' (northern hemisphere). The period, beginning from 14 January lasting till 14 July, is known as Uttarayan. It is also the last day of the month of Maargazhi, the ninth month of the lunar calendar.
It is regarded most important specially by the people of Punjab not only as a festival but also as an example to show their styles and colors of life.The festival is celebrated as a merry-making after the completion of the harvest.
After the completion of cutting and gathering of the grains and other food crops everyone is free from the works where they used to toil days and night and it is liked taking relax by enjoying with their traditional folk songs and dances. 

 

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