In the morning on Lohri day, children go from door to door singing and demanding the Lohri 'loot'
in the form of money and eatables like til (sesame) seeds, peanuts, jaggery, or sweets like gajak, rewri, etc. They
sing:
“Dabba bharaya leera da”
“Ai ghar ameera da”
Translation: Box filled of cloths strips..this house is of the rich!
And those who weren't that generous had to face a bunch of kids chanting the following:
“Hukka bhai Hukkaa”
“Ai ghar bhukka”
Translation: Hukka! Oh! Hukka!..this house is full of misers!
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