Lohri Songs

Lohri songs are an integral part of Lohri festival, as without them the Lohri celebrations are incomplete. Lohri is mainly celebrated in Punjab and northern India. In the night when the Lohri is lit, people perform folk dances on the beats of dhol (folk drum) and sing Lohri songs to create a perfect ambience of Lohri celebrations.

All the customs that are followed on Lohri add to the liveliness of the celebrations that everyone remembers till the next Lohri. Some of the famous Lohri songs are:

Sundri Mundri Hei! Hoi!
Tera Kaun Bechara! Hoi!
Dullah Bhatti wala! Hoi!
Dullah Di Dhi viyahi ! Hoi !
Sher ShaKar pai! Hoi!
Kuri de Mamme aaye! Hoi!
UnaNe ChuRi Kuti! Hoi!
Jimidari Lutti! Hoi!
Ik kola GhuT Gaya!
Jimidar Apni......

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!