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Lohri
:- Lohri, celebrated annually on 13th January, is basically
a festival of Punjabis. It marks the end of winter and people
arrange grand bonfire parties on this day and dance and sing
all night. On the very next day, Hindus celebrate Makar Sankranti.
A Kite Flying Festival is arranged every year in Delhi on
this day on the green lawns above Palika Bazaar at Connaught
Place. The colorful kites of all shapes and sizes are beautiful
to look at as national as well as international participants
display their skills and fly their kites with dexterous movements.
Basant Panchami or the Spring Festival of Hindus is celebrated
usually at the end of January or early February. At Delhi,
it is in this season that Moghul gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan
are in full bloom and are opened to public for a month
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