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பிரான்ஸ்யில் பொங்கல் விழா | Thai Pongal Celebration in Strasbourg, France 🇫🇷 | Dnt Miss last 10 mins | Sudha'z WOW Apologies, Audio will be bad in some songs due to auditorium noise, if you could reduce your device volume then it will be acceptable. Thank you for your understanding. Aboout Thai Pongal (Tamil: தைப்பொங்கல்,( Distinct from Telugu: Sankranthi ) is a non religious Tamil harvest festival (Tamil : தமிழர் திருநாள்) (English: Festival of the Tamil). Thai Pongal is a four-day festival which according to the Tamil calendar is normally celebrated from January 14 to January 17.This corresponds to the last day of the Tamil month Maargazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai. Every Pongal month, January is recognized as Tamil Heritage Month in Canada. 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 France, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa, United States, Singapore, Canada and UK.Thai Pongal corresponds to Makara Sankranthi, the winter harvest festival celebrated throughout India. To affirm Pongal as non religious festival, Tamilians world wide celebrate Pongal as "Festival of the Tamil" The day marks the start of the sun’s six-month-long journey northwards (the Uttaraayanam). This also corresponds to the Indic solstice when the sun purportedly enters the 10th house of the Indian zodiac Makara or Capricorn. Thai Pongal is mainly celebrated to convey appreciation to the Sun God for a successful harvest. Part of the celebration is the boiling of the first rice of the season consecrated to the Sun - the Surya Maangalyam. The origins of the Thai Pongal festival may date to more than 1000 years ago. Epigraphic evidence suggests the celebration of the Puthiyeedu during the Medieval Chola empire days. Puthiyeedu is believed to represent the first harvest of the year. Tamil people refer to Pongal as "Tamizhar Thirunaal," the festival of Tamizhs. Thai Pongal, also referred to as Makara Sankranti, is referred to in the classic work of Hindu astrology, the Surya Siddhanta. Thai refers to the name of the tenth month in the Tamil calendar, Thai (தை). Pongal usually means festivity or celebration more specifically Pongal is translated as "boiling over" or "overflow." Pongal is also the name of a sweetened dish of rice boiled with lentils that is ritually consumed on this day. Symbolically, pongal signifies the gradual heating of the earth as the Sun travels northward toward the equinox. Thai Pongal The main event, also known as Thai Pongal, takes place on the second of the four days. This day coincides with Makara Sankranthi, a winter harvest festival celebrated throughout India. The day marks the start of the Uttarayana, the day of the Indic solstice when the sun purportedly enters the 10th house of the Indian zodiac i.e. Makara or Capricorn. In the Tamil language the word Pongal means "overflowing," signifying abundance and prosperity. During the festival, milk is cooked in a vessel. When it starts to bubble and overflows out of the vessel, freshly harvested rice grains are added to the pot. At the same time other participants blow a conch called the sanggu and shout "Pongalo Pongal! They also recite "Thai Pirandhal Vazhi Pirakkum" ("the commencement of Thai paves the way for new opportunities"). This is repeated frequently during the Pongal festival. The Pongal is then served to everyone in the house along with savories and sweets such as vadai, murukku, paayasam. Decorations Kolam drawn in front of houses Tamilians decorate their homes with banana and mango leaves and embellish the floor with decorative patterns drawn using rice flour. kolams/rangolis are drawn on doorsteps. Family elders present gifts to the young. Newly cooked rice and savouries prepped for celebrating pongal. The Sun stands for "Pratyaksha Brahman" - the manifest God, who symbolizes the one, non-dual, self-effulgent, glorious divinity blessing one and all tirelessly. The Sun is the one who transcends time and also the one who rotates the proverbial wheel of time. DISCLAIMER: The information provided on this page is for general purposes only and should NOT be considered as professional advice.We always try our best to provide accurate information but please note that we are not a licensed professional.We always try to keep our content updated but we cannot guarantee it. All the content published on this channel is our own creative work and is protected under copyright law and in case you need to use our content for any purpose please write to us - sudhazwow@gmail.com