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From bonfires, singing and dancing to the all-night beating of the dhol drum and all-day kite flying, not to mention the gala feast, the harvesting festivals of India including Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Bihu are being celebrated with much jubilation on 13 and 14 January every year.
Keeping the festive spirit high despite the COVID-19 pandemic, millions across India are celebrating harvest festivals which include Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Bihu.
“India is enormously dependent on agriculture and so harvest becomes one of the most important events across the nation. Every state celebrates the festival in different ways hence, they have been given distinctive names such as Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Bihu and Pongal. People offer gratitude to nature for the plenty it offers in the form of new crops”, Roshan Mendonsa, a chef an