¤......Happy Thai Pongal 2017.....¤
By Amanda
@amandajay (23262)
New Zealand
January 14, 2017 9:49pm CST
In Srilanka Tamil people celebrated this harvest festival yesterday. I took this picture from the shopping mall we went. It has created with colored rice. Really nice one... Tamil people do this kind of arts for thai pongal in their homes as well. But they mostly use colored scraped coconut as I know. They call it , "Kolam".
" Thai Pongal is a Tamil harvest festival. Thai Pongal is a four-day festival which according to the Gregorian calendar is normally celebrated from January 14 to January 16. This corresponds to the last day of the Tamil month Maargazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai.
Thai Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamil people in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry, and the country of Sri Lanka as well as Tamils worldwide, including those in Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa, United States, Singapore, Canada and UK. Thai Pongal corresponds to Makara Sankranthi, the winter harvest festival celebrated throughout India. (Wikipedia)"
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
15 Jan 17
Wow the decoration is very pretty and made from rice??
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
15 Jan 17
@amandajay yes they dye it then decorate, very beautiful !
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
15 Jan 17
Yeah... They do many more things like this for the festival... Yes rice, not cooked...
@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
16 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby yup... They take white raw and then dye with different colors ..
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@flapiz (23530)
• United Kingdom
16 Jan 17
@amandajay I know it's Tamil and Singhala I guess. Yep I have three Sri langkan friends :)
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
16 Jan 17
@flapiz here or somewhere else? So how are you and how was the weekend?
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
15 Jan 17
Oh do you have srilankan friends? Actually this is a festival of Tamil people, not all srilankans.. Hehe
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Jan 17
I do not think we are very aware of the festivals in other countries. This is a pretty decoration. Thanks for telling us about it.
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
15 Jan 17
Yeah.. Its really nice.. They use banana plants and coconut leaves too for decorations
@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
15 Jan 17
I have no idea such festival existed at all.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
15 Jan 17
@amandajay You are right.Here in my place which is a neighboring state of Tamil Nadu,many people celebrated the festival.
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
15 Jan 17
Ah is that so? It means you arw from India? Thats nice.. Im seeing you here after sometimes. Where were you?
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
15 Jan 17
@amandajay Yes,I am from India.From October,I have not been here most days.But I am back,active on most days.
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@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
15 Jan 17
@silvermist oh you are awake... Whats the time over there?
@amandajay (23262)
• New Zealand
25 Jan 17
Yes. They do even more beautiful decorations.
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