Punjabi embroidery worked in silk darning stitch on cotton. This rangoli borrows its geometry of nested diamonds and eight-point stars.

What goes around the Lohri bonfire?

Popcorn, peanuts and rewri, which the first picture shows as small heaps round the fire.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Courtyard is fine powder on a pale brick floor on a winter evening; phulkari stitch is thread on deep red cotton; firelight is a warm glow on a dark charcoal floor.

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Lohri rangoli: a bonfire, a dhol, a phulkari pattern

Lohri rangoli — a Lohri bonfire of crossed logs with tall orange and yellow flames at the centre, ringed by small heaps of white popcorn, brown peanuts and rewri, laid in a Punjab courtyard on a winter evening, the powder in fine sieved lines

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Lohri is Punjab's midwinter bonfire night, when families circle the fire, and a rangoli is laid in the courtyard beside it. These nine show three subjects: a bonfire ringed with popcorn, peanuts and rewri, a dhol drum beside sugarcane and a kite, and a square rangoli in the geometry of phulkari embroidery. Each is shown as courtyard powder, as phulkari stitch and lit by firelight. Type a twist, such as for a newborn, to ask for it.

a courtyard beside a Lohri bonfire
a winter evening in a Punjabi home
a Lohri floor for a family gathering

Frequently asked questions

What is phulkari?: Punjabi embroidery worked in silk darning stitch on cotton. This rangoli borrows its geometry of nested diamonds and eight-point stars.
What goes around the Lohri bonfire?: Popcorn, peanuts and rewri, which the first picture shows as small heaps round the fire.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Courtyard is fine powder on a pale brick floor on a winter evening; phulkari stitch is thread on deep red cotton; firelight is a warm glow on a dark charcoal floor.

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