Makar Sankranti In India

The Makar Sankranti festival coincides with the day when the sun begins its northward journey and enters the sign of Makar (the Capricorn) from the Tropic of Cancer. This means the days will be getting longer and warmer. It is celebrated as a festival of life and fertility. Since the holiday falls in mid-winter traditional foods served include many that keep the body warm and give energy. Sweets made of molasses and sesame seeds are traditionally eaten on this day and whole cities come to a halt as everybody is on the rooftops, flying kites