All fired up for Punjabi festival (From The Oxford Times)
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All fired up for Punjabi festival
11:00am Tuesday 15th January 2013 in News
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Kavita Pal with her son Taran and Chris Hills of the group Red Dhollies. Picture: OX56662 Ric Mellis
A FESTIVAL celebrated the start of the Indian harvest season at an Oxford hotel.
The Punjabi Lohri Festival featured traditional clothes, music, a bonfire and curries at The Tree Hotel in Iffley on Saturday night.
General manager Namit Julka said: “It is a way of saying goodbye to the winter and welcoming the harvest.”
Hotel group managing director Kavita Pal said: “The Lohri Festival is all about colour, youth and liveliness. We thought it would be a fabulous idea to invite our customers to come in out of the cold.”
