Due to the change in thinking and thoughts with time, now happiness is visible on the faces of people on the birth of girls as well as boys and they celebrate Lohri of daughters as well as sons. Now gender equality is visible in festivals also.
There was a time when after the birth of a son, he was welcomed at home with drums and on the first Lohri, sweets for his arrival were distributed throughout the village. But now the times have changed and this good fortune is also being given to the girls who enter the house with small steps. Now even on the birth of a girl child, happiness is visible on the faces of the people and they celebrate Lohri of daughters as well as of sons. On this occasion, where Lohri Prasad is distributed, this festival seems incomplete without Bhagda and Gidda. Let’s meet three such families where Lohri is being celebrated for girls instead of boys.Gender equality on Lohri),
Lohri is the joy of newcomer
The holy festival of Lohri has been celebrated with great pomp in Punjab for centuries. On this day, heads are bowed after circling around the bonfire and prasad of peanuts and rewari is distributed. After this, this day is celebrated with full enthusiasm by singing and dancing. Usually this festival was celebrated only on the occasion of newly married couple and the birth of a boy. But with the change in people’s mentality day by day, the birth of daughters has also started being celebrated. We meet three such girls on whose birth there is as much happiness in the family as is usually seen on the birth of sons.
Gender equality is important (Gender equality on Lohri)
Often an atmosphere of despair is seen in the family after the birth of a girl child. In fact, the desire to have sons starts becoming a hindrance in the happiness of the birth of girls. However, girls are equally capable as boys and are ahead in every field. But still they were deprived of this status. But the initiative of some families has worked to spread awareness in the society. Due to this, gender equality is now visible in festivals also.
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Meet a family where daughters were not only welcomed like sons but their Lohri was also celebrated. The happiness that was visible on the faces of the family members on the birth of the first daughter in a family living in Delhi. That happiness continued in the same way even after the birth of the second daughter. After the first daughter, all the family members including Arvinder Singh and Maninder Kaun adopted the second daughter with the same love and also celebrated Lohri. With this, the inequality spread between sons and daughters in the society can be removed and love and affection remains among the girls.
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With the changing mindset, the discrimination between sons and daughters seems to be reducing in the society. Like sons, now parents do not hesitate to celebrate Lohri for their daughters also. In this era of gender equality, Lohri of daughters is also celebrated with full enthusiasm. Tajinder Kaur and Pawandeep Singh, residents of Chhatarpur, always wanted a daughter after their elder son Sanveer. This not only maintains balance in the family but also strengthens the sisterly relationship. With the birth of the daughter, there was an atmosphere of happiness in the entire family and its reflection is clearly visible in the smile of the girl.
The joy celebrated on the birth of a daughter reflects the changing mentality of the society. In view of this, sweets are now being distributed on the birth of daughters also. Due to this, positivity is increasing everywhere, girls are also getting freedom to live freely and the crime rate is also seen decreasing.
