Pongal is a crop or harvest festival – the Tamilian consider it as Thanksgiving festival. In an agriculture based civilization the production of crops plays an important part. The farmer cultivating his soil depends on cattle, timely rainfall and the Sun. Once a year, he expresses his thankfulness to these during the Pongal. By the end of the wet month of Margazhi (that is; December to mid January) the new Tamil months of Thai indicate a series of festivals. The first day of this month is a celebration day known as “Pongal Day”. Pongal stands for “boiling over” of milk and rice during the month of January-February.
According to the datebook based on the solar system the year is separated into two halves following the visible movement of the Sun northwards and Southwards. The farmer termed it as Uttarayanam and the latter is Dakshinayanam. On the first day of the Thai, it is said that the Sun leaves the zodiac sign of Sagittarius and enters into capricorn, the latter is known as “Makaram”. The event thus is eminent as Pongal.
The four day celebration of Pongal represents peace and happiness. There is a Tamil saying that “Thai peranthal Vali Perakum”. That paraphrased means with the first light of the month of Thai, there will be peace, happiness, success, brightness and synchronization in the life of everyone. It is held to pay respect to the Sun, for a plentiful harvest. Families gather to express joy and share their happiness and their harvests with others. The Sun is usually offered a “Pongal” of rice and milk.
Celebration for this festival start in the early hours and the first thing that is always found in Hindu homes before the start of Pongal is the ‘kolam’. This is a form of adornment for the Hindus’ homes. This decorative outline is made with rice flour & is generally drawn on the floor outside the door. The kolams provide as a symbol of welcoming guests to the doorway of the house. At the middle of the Kolam is a lump of cow dung, which holds a five-petaled pumpkin flower which signifies the symbol of fertility and an offering of adore to the presiding God.
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