Day 198:

Jan 14- Makar Sankranti, another Hindu holiday, it commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South India. this day marks the beginning of warmer and longer days compared to the nights. In other words, Sankranti marks the termination of winter season and beginning of a new harvest or spring season. As such the sun god is worshipped. A Vakh poem for the occasion: distich(2 couplets), 4 lines, 7 syllables, with 4 stresses per line. True or near rhyme.

Makar Sankrati! Hey! Cheer!

No more monsoons now to fear

Winter’s gone, the Spring brings sun

Begin the harvest and the fun!