Sharing is Good Karma:

It is an occasion for double celebrations by Indians today. Lohri, Punjab’s winter folk festival is celebrated in most parts of North India, and Uttarayan, the festival of kites, also known as Makar Sankranti, celebrated across the country are falling on the same day.

On such a day, youngsters from two different corners of the country have devised eco-friendly ways to celebrate the festival.

Miniature Lohri

A girl from Haryana’s Panchkula has developed a unique eco-friendly method to celebrate the festival of Lohri.

Named Tanika, the youngster has made a miniature Lohri set up using earthenware and twigs adding clarified butter (‘ghee’) and beeswax as fuel. The motive behind shrinking the larger version of Lohri is to reduce deforestation and pollution.

“As we all know millions of trees are cut and burned in the festival of Lohri. The idea behind the miniature version is to reduce deforestation and pollution. People can celebrate the tradition in their houses, even in the flats,” said Tanika to ANI.

Bird-friendly Kite For Uttarayan

Every year, innumerable birds get injured with string cuts across the country during Uttarayan. To solve this issue, the students of IDT Fashion Institute in Surat have created safe kites that would not harm the birds.

In a survey, the students found that birds are afraid of red color, the smell of garlic, and mint. Therefore, they decided to use all of these factors while making kites and kite-strings.

“We hung few garlic and mint on the railing and found that the birds did not visit the area. They are also afraid of red color. Basing on these observations, the students have used the color and ingredients in these kites hoping that the birds will be kept away from the sky and remain safe,” Arushi Upreti, Faculty.