Culture & Tradition of India

India boasts of strong culture & traditions. This category introduces you to different aspects of Indian cultural traditions.

Lohri Customs and Traditions in North India: Bonfire Festival

Lohri Customs and Traditions: Hindu Culture & Tradition

Lohri Customs and Traditions: The various customs and traditions attached to the festival of Lohri signifies the harvesting of the Rabi crops. The people of Northern India, especially Punjab and Haryana celebrate Lohri, to mark the end of winter. Harvested fields and front yards are lit up with flames of bonfires, around which people gather to meet friends and relatives …

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Happy Lohri SMS in Hindi, Punjabi and English: Harvest Festival

Happy Lohri SMS In Hindi & Punjabi

Happy Lohri SMS For Students: Lohri is a widely celebrated harvest festival, especially in Northern India. Friends and family get together to celebrate this festive occasion by arranging a bonfire in the outdoors, during the evening. Lohri is the time to reconnect with friends, relatives and loved ones and send them hearty wishes, wherever they are. Every festivity is marked …

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Lohri Bonfire Harvest Festival Celebration by North Indians

Lohri - Bonfire Celebration

Lohri Bonfire: Despite icy wind, the festive mood of Lohri is keep its warmth owing to its Bonfire celebration. It is an accepted fact that this festival is to worship fire. Lohri is not a religious festival, but a celebration marking the end of an intense winter and it also celebrates the sowing of the rabi crop. It celebrates the …

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Legends of Lohri Festival: Thanksgiving to Sun God, Dullah Bhatti

Legends of Lohri Festival: Punjabi Culture & Tradition

Legends of Lohri Festival: There are few renowned legends associated with this historic festival of Punjab, the most significant of them being the Dullah Bhatti, which evolved around the Festival of Lohri. Lohri marks the end of the dreary and awfully cold month of Pos (mid December to mid January) and the next day of Makar Sankranti, ushers in the …

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North India to celebrate Harvest Festival of Lohri: Winter Solstice

Harvest festival of Lohri is being celebrated with traditional fervor and enthusiasm in most parts of North India today. Lohri is a popular festival celebrated by the people of Punjab, particularly of the Sikh and Hindu faiths. The origins of Lohri are many and it is primarily linked to the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Many people believe the …

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Social Significance of Lohri Festival: Harvest and Fertility Festivals

Social Significance of Lohri - Punjab Harvesting Festival

Social Significance of Lohri: Though Lohri festival has no religious significance but it holds a great social significance and is celebrated as a day of imparting social love to one and all. The festival of Lohri is meant to relieve people from worldly day to day routine, and make them relaxed, cheerful and happy. It is the time when people …

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Twelve Days Of Christmas: December 25 to January 6

Twelve Days Of Christmas - Christian Culture & Tradition

Twelve Days Of Christmas: Christmas is celebrated with religious fervor across different parts of the world. A number of rituals and traditions are associated with the merrymaking of the festival, one of the most popular being the observance of the 12 Days of Christmas. Contrary to the popular belief, the Twelve Days of Christmas do not begin before the festival. …

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सांता क्लॉस और उनसे जुड़े कुछ मिथक: सेंट निकोलस या फादर क्रिसमस

सांता क्लॉस और उनसे जुड़े कुछ मिथक

सांता क्लॉस और उनसे जुड़े कुछ मिथक: क्रिसमस का त्‍यौहार आते ही सबसे पहले सांता की याद आती है, गोलमटोल सांता, ढ़ेर सारे गिफ्ट लेकर आता है और हम सबको खुश कर देता है। क्रिसमस के दौरान आप दुनिया के किसी भी कोने में चले जाएं, हर जगह सांता क्‍लॉस एक ही तरह से सजधज कर बच्‍चों के बीच खुशियां …

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Hanukkah Poems: English Poetry on Jewish Festival of Lights

Hanukkah Poems For Jewish Children

Hanukkah Poems: Hanukkah, also spelled as Chanukah, brings with it the aura of light and festivity. Jews celebrate the festival for eight days, to commemorate the victory of Maccabees over the Hellenistic Syrians. They light the special candelabrum Menorah, by illuminating one candle for each night of the festival, proceeding to eight candles on the final night. Music and songs …

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Hanukkah Date: Jews Festival of lights – When is Chanukah Fest

When Is Hanukkah this year?

Hanukkah Date: Hanukkah is an important festival of the Jews and they wait eagerly every year for it to begin. It is even more awaited by the kids, as they are excited about the gifts that they would get from their parents, after offering prayers. Hanukkah means ‘dedication‘ in Jewish language and marks the victory of Jewish national survival and …

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