Ghee Sankranti (Olgia)
घी संक्रांतिKumaon & Garhwal · the hills
What Ghee Sankranti (Olgia) marks
A harvest and thanksgiving festival marking a season of abundance, when the fields are lush and the cattle give their richest milk. Its name comes from the custom of eating ghee on this day, believed to bring health for the year.
How it's celebrated
Everyone eats ghee, usually smeared on chapati or with urad-flour bread, and it was once said that anyone who did not would be reborn as a snail. Nephews and sons-in-law traditionally give gifts, the olag, to their elders.