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The festivals of Punjab include the
anniversaries and birthdays of many Gurus.The festivals are honored and
the martyrdom days are celebrated with devotion.
Early morning religious procession
goes around associated with historical lectures as well as recitation
of poetries in the praise of their Gurus.
The birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib is
celebrated with great devotion.All the Sikhs from the world gather to
celebrate his birthday with great enthusiasm and devotion.
The birthday of Guru Gobind Singh
Sahib, Guru Arjan’s Martyrdom day and Guru Tegh Bahadur’s martyrdom day
is celebrated as a Punjab festival by organizing processions, lectures,
kirtans, sermons and by singing hymns in the gurudwaras.
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The Punjab festivals celebrate the Lohri
festival with great pomp. This is an extremely popular festival where a
huge bonfire is made and the fire god is worshipped. This is observed
as a special day and fire is lit and offerings are poured to the fire.
A new born baby or a new bride finds the
first Lohri to be very enthusiastic as they both are given the
privilege of doing everything. Lohri is an indication of the end of the
winter season. Maghi is one of the festivals in Punjab that falls after
Lohri.This is a popular festival among the Punjabis.
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They give lots of things in charity
and the special dish on that day is a kheer prepared from sugarcane
juice.
The festivals in Punjab cannot miss
one of the hilarious festivals, Holi. This is celebrated in the Phagun
month on a full moon day.
This is well known as a festival of
colors. Being the spring time, the flowers and fields are in full bloom
and you can see people running wild smearing each other with colored
water and gulal.
Holi is a symbolic commemoration from
Hindu Mythology and is celebrated with bonfires burnt on the Holi eve.
This exuberant Punjab festival is
associated with the love of Radha and Krishna.
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This is also marked by pulsating
processions accompanied by dances, folk songs and you can feel a sense
of vitality.Basant Panchami is one of the significant festivals in
Punjab. It creates a romantic aura and is a way of expressing gratitude
to the advent of spring. Similarly, the Punjab festivals, especially
the Baisakhi is significant as it marks the harvesting season.
The Baisakhi is celebrated for three days.
Teej, the insect heralds the monsoon onset. Dussehra is a splendid
festival and is celebrated throughout the country.
The merriment and triumph can be felt
everywhere in Punjab. Diwali is celebrated in the view that it lifts
the spiritual darkness and marks the initiation of a new year. Few
other festivals that are celebrated in Punjab are Tika, Jarag, Roshni
and Chhapar.
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