Punjab's bonfire festival, kept the night before Sankranti to mark winter's end. Families gather around the fire with folk songs and dance, throwing in til, gajak, and peanuts — and the ballad of Dulla Bhatti, protector of the poor, is sung.
पंजाब · संक्रांति की पूर्व संध्या
A first Lohri after a wedding or a child's birth is treated as especially significant in Punjabi households, marked with particular festivity as a welcome into the family's cycle of years.
Til, popcorn, peanuts, and gajak are shared while circling the bonfire, and the ballad of Dulla Bhatti, protector of the poor, is sung. The following day, Maghi, is kept with a ritual bath and charity giving.