Harvesting Festival of india, is called as Sankranthi in Andhra pradesh and Karnataka and Pongal in Tamilnadu.
Sankranthi is the important festival of South India which is celebrated for 3 days. Sankranthi festival is celebrated all over South India in the month of January, the Thai month of the Tamil Year.
This festival is celebrated to welcome the spring season on the occasion of the 'ascent' of the sun to the north and to pay tribute to the Sun, Nature and cattle for helping them with a rich harvest. This festival marks the coming of the spring season. This festival is celebrated for 3 days with great pomp and
splendour.
The first day is celebrated as Bhogi Pongal or the family festival. This day is dedicated to Lord Indra who is the head of all Five Elements and the Goddess of Lakshmi.
Sankranthi Festival Celebrations
First Day : (Bhogi Day)
On this Sankranthi or PonGal day, the people paint and decorate their homes and remove the old items from the
house and set to fire (Bhogi ManTalu). The doorways are painted with vermilion and sandalwood paste with the colourful garlands of leaves and flowers. The boys of the village beat the little drums known as Bhogi Kottu in Tamilnadu. Girls and Boys who are below the age of 5 years are showered with Fruits and Coins and perform Harathi in the evenings which is called as Bhogi Pallu in Andhra pradesh. On that day Haridas (country singer) comes to every home to take new grains. As this is a colourful day, Each and every homes are beautifully designed with holy powder (MuGGu PinDi) and cow dung. Those designs were filled with Vibrant colors.Second Day : (Sankranthi Day) The second day is celebrated as Surya Pongal, the main festival. This day is dedicated to Lord Surya (Sun). Sugarcane, pongal and festoons of mango leaves mark the auspicious day. The women prepare the Pongal, rice cooked in milk and jaggery and offer it to sun.
Third Day : (Kanuma Day)
The friends also greet one another by asking whether rice is boiled. Mattu Pongal is celebrated as the third day. On this day, the people pay tribute to the cattle for bringing in the prosperity. The cattle are bathed, decorated and their horns are painted in bright colours. Mattu Pongal is also known as the Kanuma Pongal, and on this day, the women pray for the welfare of their brothers. The main feature of the Pongal festival is the Jallikattu or Taming of the bull celebrated in Tamilnadu.
Jallikattu is the most popular sport in Tamil Nadu. This game of bravery is held in the villages with great pomp and splendour. The people from the neighboring villages gather in the open grounds to watch the man and beast putting the strength against each other.
This is played in our country for thousands of years - why suddenly we make issue out of it.
ReplyDeleteThe aim of the game is just to tame the bull, they are not killing the bull like the one in Spain, the government have made many restriction now to protect the bulls from abuse, such as only healthy bull can take part in the game checked by a vet, also one to one taming of the bull - not hundred men jumping on one bull, bull's tail can't be pulled or touched while taming and the person who does that act taken out of the ring same moment, also no one is allowed to take part in the game with alcohol influence...come on guys if you feel the animal is ill-treated by participation in this game where it is not harmed in any way like the one in Spain, if we still feel the bulls are harmed then we can't use the Bulls for farming or any other work where they have to work even harder...By the way this villagers don't have any other form of entertainment or any games to participate, they raise this bulls like their children and it's kept in that manner till their death, at-least the youths don't go in to any unlawful acts when they are kept active by such sports...
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