How Onam Festival is Celebrated? Onam is indeed a very special event and state wise festival celebrated with great joy, energy and enthusiasm. Since during this time the harvest new crops take place, people tend to make new dishes out of the new crop. On the other, this new harvest is also given to the god as their offerings. Since this festival last for around 10 days continuous, all these 10 days are considered auspicious and celebrated with great joy and happiness. Decorating and making different with the help of the flowers is a regular event these days. Rangoli is also another major event done and in it people make beautiful figures with the help of the colors in the ground. Atham, Chithira, Chodhi, Visakam, Anizham, Thriketa, Moolam, Pooradam, Uthradam and Thiruvonam are the names of the day from 1st day to 10th day in the Onam festival. On the very first day of the Onam, People make the flower carpet called as the ‘Pookalam’. The most importance part of this festival is called as the Thiruvonam. On this day the Pookalam is designed in a massive manner with more different colors. On the other hand, people clean their house and wear new cloths during this day and indulge themselves in the worship of the god. In the afternoon, a big feast is organized and in this feast, people tends to eat different dishes that are home made. Snake boat race is another major festival that is worth watching and numerous amounts of other sports events are organized in these 10 days.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:14:57 +0000
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