Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Interfaith Days: January 13th, Maghi, Lohri

In the Sikh faith, today is Maghi, the commemoration of the death of forty Sikhs who died in battle for Guru Gobindhi Singh Ji. This site provides some background: http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-festivals/the-sikh-festivals-maghi

Today is also Lohri, a particularly festive day among Punjabis, described at this site:
http://www.festivalsofindia.in/Lohri/

(From the 2015 Interfaith Calendar of the Diversity Awareness Partnership of St. Louis---see dapstl.org for more information---and various online sources.)


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