The Festival of Lohri and My Strategies of Kite Flying

Its really an interesting experience to celebrate the festival of Lohri in Punjab. If somebody happens to be in Punjab, do celebrate the festival. Here I have tried to give a brief description how one celebrates ‘Lohri’. First of all the answer to everyone’s question about the reason why this festival is celebrated, It is celebrated in the memory of great rebel named “Dulla”, who looted wealthy landlords and imperial officers and distribute the booty to the needy. He also arranged marriage for the poor girl, who was a victim of a Zamindar’s atrocities. While he asked the couple to take ‘Pheras’ around the fire he lit ( Pheras is a tradition, which is done while the hindu couple gets married) along with he sang the song,
“Sunder Mundriye Tera Kaun Vichara ! Dullah Bhatti Wala Ho!
Dullah Di Teeh Viahi Ho! Ser Shakar Payi !”
Hence forth, it became a tradition to celebrate the occasion of Lohri.
This was all about the history of Lohri, really has given us a lot to enjoy and celebrate.



But I, myself is more concerned about Kite Flying. Kite Flying, the origin and the place where people have started flying kites is all the history. The dawn of Lohri for me is as beautiful as the dusk. I really do not know about the other cities or towns which experience the exciting scene of Kites all around the sky on some other occasions but here in Ludhiana, flying Kites on the auspicious occasion has its own charm. With the first sunshine, you will see hundreds of Kites in the sky. Almost every individual stands on the top of their building, with some beautiful Kites and roll of thread in their hands. As the day begins the competition starts among themselves. Each individual tries to prove that his thread is more sharper and stronger. Almost everyone is busy in experiencing the beautiful experience of Kite Flying. Although the younger people are more thrilled and enjoy Kite flying with more vigour and enthusiasm, the elder ones are not left behind. Some people uses loudspeakers and decks to exhibit their happiness. Really, its an experience worth to be lived.
Another wonderful thing that I forgot to tell is the happiness that you get when you catch hold of some other Kite. Even the size matters, one feels more happier if one catches a bigger Kite than the smaller one. Catching Kites has its own thrill especially when you are flying of your own. Catching hold of some other kite while you are managing of your own is a little difficult by a single individual but it is really great fun. But the one’s who do not know kite flying do not enjoy it and hence, find the day boring.
Last but not the least I feel that we are living our lives and age is also passing by what we can enjoy today, we cannot enjoy the same after a few years pass by. So, enjoy each and every moment of each festival and life with full vigour and enthusiasm.

Coming to 'The strategy of Kite flying', really it’s a great fun to fly a kite. Again if you know certain tricks to keep your kite afloat in the sky by cutting other kites as well brings more fun in itself. So, here is one of the trick named ‘Respect the flow of Wind’. There are two ways in which you can cut the thread of other kite, one by the way of pulling your thread fast so that your sharp thread strikes the thread of other kite so hard that it gets cut and the other one is to slowly push your kite in the sky by giving thread slowly and steadily so that it rises in the sky as well as cuts the thread of the other kite. Anyway, the strategy named ‘Respect the flow of the Wind’ tells us that not to go against the flow of the wind and always move your kite towards the flow of the wind after your kite comes together with another one. In colloquial terms, once you strike the thread of your kite with some one else in an attempt to bring the other one down, you have to move your kite towards the flow of the wind as fast as possible. Once the kite is moved towards the wind your thread will strike harder than your opponents and there are more chances for you to win than to lose. So follow the strategy to ‘Respect the flow of Wind’ to enjoy Kite flying.