Bonfires. Trick-or-treating. A night of celebration. Is this Halloween? No—it’s the festival of Lohri (LAW-huh-ree).
One of India’s many winter festivals, Lohri is mainly observed across the country’s northern provinces. Most celebrations occur in the Punjab region. In ancient times, folks celebrated Lohri on the winter solstice, when the day is the shortest.
Today, though, people mark the date for Lohri as