Its warming up

Hi Blogits

Well Delhi Winter is passing and the temp meant Mr Belnder did not need an undershirt under his overshirt.

Been settling in with a new housekeeper for the last couple of weeks
Mrs Pimms is back to growing her nails, massages and shopping

Vinod comes 6 days a week to take care care of all the hard work
in keeping the flat clean , and has he made it spotless , well till
we open the balcony door and the dust settles again
he's cooking us chilli chicken and egg fried rice tonight , but before that he's cleaning up, dusting, sweeping and making the bed
Life is tough for Mrs P.

Well whats on this weekend then
Bonfire night here in India tomorrow night,

Bonfire Celebration

Despite icy wind, the festive mood of Lohri is keep its warmth owing to its Bonfire celebration. It is an accepted fact that this festival is to worship fire. Lohri is not a religious festival, but a celebration marking the end of an intense winter and it also celebrates the sowing of the rabi crop. It celebrates the arrival of the new month and the new season and is a festival of happiness and anybody new in the family adds to it's fervor.

Every year, Lohri falls on 13th January and right through the bitter winter day, men, women and children go around collecting dry twigs and branches to make a bonfire. The bigger the bonfire the better is Lohri celebration. Come evening and the bonfire is lighted with family and neighbors singing and dancing around it.
The fire indicates the spark of life and prayers are said for goodwill and abundant crops. People gather round the bonfire and say prayers, and this is usually followed by dancing.

Huge bonfires are lit in the harvested fields and in the front yards of houses and people gather around the rising flames, circle around (parikrama) the bonfire and throw puffed rice, popcorn and other munchies into the fire, shouting "Aadar aye dilather jaye" (May honor come and poverty vanish!), and sing popular folk songs.
During the parikrama it is traditional to throw popcorn, til, peanuts and jaggery into the fire.
These are healthy winter foods and til is also considered to be holy.

Punjabi celebrate Lohri every year with great enthusiasm as it is a festival of joy and it also heralds spring. Also, sowing of a crop is always a reason to celebrate in Punjab, where the majority of the population is into agriculture.
People enthusiastically participate in the dancing that is held around the bonfire.
Bhangra dance by men begins after the offering to the bonfire. Dancing continues till late night with new groups joining in amid the beat of drums. Traditionally, women do not join Bhangra.

So thats Mrs P on no dancing tomorrow night then. Have to keep her off the G&T

Namaste