HAPPY LOHRI
Lohri is celebrated every year on 13th of January. It is a fire
festival celebrated with great pomp in North India. At this time Earth
starts moving towards the sun marking the auspicious period of
Uttarayan.
Lohri is more than just a festival, especially for the people of
Punjab. Punjabis are described as a fun-loving, sturdy, robust,
energetic, enthusiastic and jovial race, and Lohri is symbolic of their
love for celebrations and light-hearted flirtations and exhibition of
exuberance.
With the setting of the sun, huge bonfires are lit in the fields or
yards of houses and people gather around the rising flames, circle
around the bonfire and throw puffed rice, popcorn and other munchies
into the fire, shouting "Aadar aye dilather
jaye" (May honor come and
poverty vanish!), and sing popular folk songs.
Bhangra dance by men begins after the offering to the bonfire.
Dancing continues till late night with new groups joining in amid the
beat of drums. Punjabi dance style offers different dance forms for male
and female. While the males dance the Bhangra, Jhoomer, Luddi, Julli
and Dankara, the females dance the Giddha and Kikli.
Some
traditions say that Dullah had adopted this girl as his daughter and
arranged her marriage in the Jungles of Saandal Bar. As there was no
priest nearby to chant the Vedic Hymns and solemnize the marriage Dullah
had lit a bonfire and composed an impromptu song, "Sunder Mundriye Tera
Kaun Vichara ! Dullah Bhatti Wala Ho! Dullaeh Di Teeh Viahi Ho! Ser
Shakar Payi!" The bride and the groom were asked to take pheras of the
bonfire as Dullah sang this hilarious song.
Yet another
tradition says he had safely rescued a poor girl from the clutches of a
Mughal general and later arranged her marriage. Later on people
collectively composed this Lohri song in honor of his chivalrous deed.
The lyrics of the Dullah Bhatti song sung in
Veer-Zaara can be translated as:
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
Who will save you poor one?
Dullag Bhatti is here for you.
The Dullah married off his daughter.
He gave a measure of sugar!
The girl's shawl is torn.
Who will stitch her shawl?
The landlords ravished her.
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
- See more at:
http://dooleyonline.typepad.com/bollywood/2014/01/filming-india-lohri-bonfire-festival-lodi-veer-zaara.html#sthash.Z1jyINSS.dpuf
Some
traditions say that Dullah had adopted this girl as his daughter and
arranged her marriage in the Jungles of Saandal Bar. As there was no
priest nearby to chant the Vedic Hymns and solemnize the marriage Dullah
had lit a bonfire and composed an impromptu song, "Sunder Mundriye Tera
Kaun Vichara ! Dullah Bhatti Wala Ho! Dullaeh Di Teeh Viahi Ho! Ser
Shakar Payi!" The bride and the groom were asked to take pheras of the
bonfire as Dullah sang this hilarious song.
Yet another
tradition says he had safely rescued a poor girl from the clutches of a
Mughal general and later arranged her marriage. Later on people
collectively composed this Lohri song in honor of his chivalrous deed.
The lyrics of the Dullah Bhatti song sung in
Veer-Zaara can be translated as:
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
Who will save you poor one?
Dullag Bhatti is here for you.
The Dullah married off his daughter.
He gave a measure of sugar!
The girl's shawl is torn.
Who will stitch her shawl?
The landlords ravished her.
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
- See more at:
http://dooleyonline.typepad.com/bollywood/2014/01/filming-india-lohri-bonfire-festival-lodi-veer-zaara.html#sthash.Z1jyINSS.dpuf
Some
traditions say that Dullah had adopted this girl as his daughter and
arranged her marriage in the Jungles of Saandal Bar. As there was no
priest nearby to chant the Vedic Hymns and solemnize the marriage Dullah
had lit a bonfire and composed an impromptu song, "Sunder Mundriye Tera
Kaun Vichara ! Dullah Bhatti Wala Ho! Dullaeh Di Teeh Viahi Ho! Ser
Shakar Payi!" The bride and the groom were asked to take pheras of the
bonfire as Dullah sang this hilarious song.
Yet another
tradition says he had safely rescued a poor girl from the clutches of a
Mughal general and later arranged her marriage. Later on people
collectively composed this Lohri song in honor of his chivalrous deed.
The lyrics of the Dullah Bhatti song sung in
Veer-Zaara can be translated as:
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
Who will save you poor one?
Dullag Bhatti is here for you.
The Dullah married off his daughter.
He gave a measure of sugar!
The girl's shawl is torn.
Who will stitch her shawl?
The landlords ravished her.
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
- See more at:
http://dooleyonline.typepad.com/bollywood/2014/01/filming-india-lohri-bonfire-festival-lodi-veer-zaara.html#sthash.Z1jyINSS.dpuf
Some
traditions say that Dullah had adopted this girl as his daughter and
arranged her marriage in the Jungles of Saandal Bar. As there was no
priest nearby to chant the Vedic Hymns and solemnize the marriage Dullah
had lit a bonfire and composed an impromptu song, "Sunder Mundriye Tera
Kaun Vichara ! Dullah Bhatti Wala Ho! Dullaeh Di Teeh Viahi Ho! Ser
Shakar Payi!" The bride and the groom were asked to take pheras of the
bonfire as Dullah sang this hilarious song.
Yet another
tradition says he had safely rescued a poor girl from the clutches of a
Mughal general and later arranged her marriage. Later on people
collectively composed this Lohri song in honor of his chivalrous deed.
The lyrics of the Dullah Bhatti song sung in
Veer-Zaara can be translated as:
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
Who will save you poor one?
Dullag Bhatti is here for you.
The Dullah married off his daughter.
He gave a measure of sugar!
The girl's shawl is torn.
Who will stitch her shawl?
The landlords ravished her.
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
- See more at:
http://dooleyonline.typepad.com/bollywood/2014/01/filming-india-lohri-bonfire-festival-lodi-veer-zaara.html#sthash.Z1jyINSS.dpuf
Some
traditions say that Dullah had adopted this girl as his daughter and
arranged her marriage in the Jungles of Saandal Bar. As there was no
priest nearby to chant the Vedic Hymns and solemnize the marriage Dullah
had lit a bonfire and composed an impromptu song, "Sunder Mundriye Tera
Kaun Vichara ! Dullah Bhatti Wala Ho! Dullaeh Di Teeh Viahi Ho! Ser
Shakar Payi!" The bride and the groom were asked to take pheras of the
bonfire as Dullah sang this hilarious song.
Yet another
tradition says he had safely rescued a poor girl from the clutches of a
Mughal general and later arranged her marriage. Later on people
collectively composed this Lohri song in honor of his chivalrous deed.
The lyrics of the Dullah Bhatti song sung in
Veer-Zaara can be translated as:
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
Who will save you poor one?
Dullag Bhatti is here for you.
The Dullah married off his daughter.
He gave a measure of sugar!
The girl's shawl is torn.
Who will stitch her shawl?
The landlords ravished her.
Beautiful one like a ringlet one!
- See more at:
http://dooleyonline.typepad.com/bollywood/2014/01/filming-india-lohri-bonfire-festival-lodi-veer-zaara.html#sthash.Z1jyINSS.dpuf
