I am going to write about a festifal, Pongal, celebrated in southern India. Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. On the first day, people celebrate Indra, the king of Gods. The second day, they do prayers of ceremonial worship to Indra. On the third day, they feed and decorate the cows because cow is God’s favowrite animal. On the final day, they eat the sweets, and sprinkle turmeric water, limestone, rice on the front of there homes. Many other festivals are also celebrated in India. Diwali is a traditional celebration where you light candles and lamps around the house. This celebration can last up to five days. Another Indian festival is Holi, which celebrates good over evil. It is also called “the festival of colors” because people throw colored powder on one another. There are too many festivals in India. What do you think about these celebrations?l
This is picture of Diwali in India This is a picture of Pongal in India
This is a picture of Holi in India
I think there are just too many holidays in India.Pongal and “the festival of colors” sound like coolest of the festivals. The festival of colors sounds and looks pretty colorful. Also why do people put rice in front of their houses? The calendar well describes how many holidays there are in India, which are a lot! Before this I looked at Pratham’s paper, which is also about India and some precautions you should take, maybe you should look at it?
ReplyDeleteThese celebrations sounds fun. Especially Holi being the festival of color, because you can just get colored with dried powder. This celebration is days of fun with a bunch of activities like throwing coloured water balloons, the night before Holi there’s dancing, and singing. Diwali’s meaning sounds cool. Meaning of this festival is for the victory of light over darkness. I would like to go to India so I can experience these celebrations. You should look at Shreeya’s blog. It has so much information on Diwali.
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