Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated Online Lohri festival for enriching the traditional punjabi customs and for inculcating the values of togetherness, chivalry, purity and for spreading love and joy. Virtual Cultural Programme started with online dance and singing ‘Tappe’ competitions. By listening to the online legendary tales depicting acts of bravery, the feelings of sacrifice, valour and patriotism were reinforced amongst the student-teachers. Online Collage-making competition was also organized on the theme of ‘Significance of Lohri for Punjabi farmers’ and ‘Punjabi cuisine and customs followed on this day’. Aashna Kaur and Preeti achieved first prize in Collage-making competition. Sakshi Thakur bagged first prize in folk dance competition. Vishali Arora grabbed first prize in folk song competition. Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh highlighted the importance of celebrating Lohri. He said that the people worship the sun god and the fire and thank them for the good harvest. The social evils and any negative feelings should also be burnt in the bonfire.
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