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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 178358" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><em>Sadly, the image attached to this thread is from the New York Times and was titled the Image of the Day, January 13, 2012. A turbaned Sikh man, to quote:..."prays as he takes a ritualistic circle around a bonfire during the Lohri festival in Amritsar, Punjab. Singing and dancing around a bonfire is an intrinsic part of Lohri, the festival that marks the beginning of the harvest season and the end of winter in north India."</em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Lohri has it roots in Punjab and the festival is grounded in Punjab culture. There are the origins of its celebration among some Sikhs. But Lohri is not a Sikh festival. Let's read what it is about. </span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://religion.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_sikh_celebrate_lohri" target="_blank">http://religion.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_sikh_celebrate_lohri</a> Article begins.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Article ends</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Now I have read on many Sikh sites, including SPN, that hardliners should lighten up and go with the flow. Lohri after all is a great way to come together now that the dreary and barren time of winter comes to a close. We can rejoice through dance and song and gathering together. Soon the sun, and its fires, will warm the earth, our chilled bones, and our souls. Soon these dark moments, when the sun has waned, with its dark cold days, will come to an end. We can even sweeten things, and make our celebrations seem more Sikh, by quoting pangatees from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji that celebrate the elements, sky, the sun, the weather, nature, all of this supposedly compatible with those things that are celebrated during Lohri. These too will make Lohri seem more in tune with Sikhi. So some say.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">What are we talking about? When we make a show of making sacrifices to agni, do we also think that such an appeal to the divine fire will cause the earth to quicken, as the embryo quickens in the womb? Those things that are celebrated during Lohri revolve around a fervent wish that nature must eventually revive, and that the fertility of fields, animals and mankind will not fail in the coming year. That all will survive the barrenness of winter. To that end sacrifice to agni is also a prayer for sons.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Or are we just looking for an excuse to have a party? Think again! Someone here at SPN once asked, "Is the Quom in a Coma?" Celebrating Lohri, do we not give our tacit permission to SGPC to celebrate, even spend the wealth of the panth, at Kumbh Mela? If we are Sikhs, we cannot have it both ways.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 178358, member: 35"] [I]Sadly, the image attached to this thread is from the New York Times and was titled the Image of the Day, January 13, 2012. A turbaned Sikh man, to quote:..."prays as he takes a ritualistic circle around a bonfire during the Lohri festival in Amritsar, Punjab. Singing and dancing around a bonfire is an intrinsic part of Lohri, the festival that marks the beginning of the harvest season and the end of winter in north India."[/I] [COLOR="Navy"] Lohri has it roots in Punjab and the festival is grounded in Punjab culture. There are the origins of its celebration among some Sikhs. But Lohri is not a Sikh festival. Let's read what it is about. [/COLOR] [url]http://religion.answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_sikh_celebrate_lohri[/url] Article begins. Article ends [COLOR="Navy"]Now I have read on many Sikh sites, including SPN, that hardliners should lighten up and go with the flow. Lohri after all is a great way to come together now that the dreary and barren time of winter comes to a close. We can rejoice through dance and song and gathering together. Soon the sun, and its fires, will warm the earth, our chilled bones, and our souls. Soon these dark moments, when the sun has waned, with its dark cold days, will come to an end. We can even sweeten things, and make our celebrations seem more Sikh, by quoting pangatees from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji that celebrate the elements, sky, the sun, the weather, nature, all of this supposedly compatible with those things that are celebrated during Lohri. These too will make Lohri seem more in tune with Sikhi. So some say. What are we talking about? When we make a show of making sacrifices to agni, do we also think that such an appeal to the divine fire will cause the earth to quicken, as the embryo quickens in the womb? Those things that are celebrated during Lohri revolve around a fervent wish that nature must eventually revive, and that the fertility of fields, animals and mankind will not fail in the coming year. That all will survive the barrenness of winter. To that end sacrifice to agni is also a prayer for sons. Or are we just looking for an excuse to have a party? Think again! Someone here at SPN once asked, "Is the Quom in a Coma?" Celebrating Lohri, do we not give our tacit permission to SGPC to celebrate, even spend the wealth of the panth, at Kumbh Mela? If we are Sikhs, we cannot have it both ways.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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