Rice harvest Day..

Rice harvesting day today.. or more widely known within tamil community as "Ponggal". Wonderfull day.. a Holy day.. The day marks the rice harvesting day for the tamil community around the globe.. a day of thanks to the god for a plentiful good harvesting.. But not all are farmers.. some of them.. i guess probarbaly we celebrate together as a sign of thanks for the bowl of rice we are having everyday.. :)

Well this year is the first year.. "im not celebrating it".. no colorfull decorations.. no sugar cane tie up's(usualy they would hung sugar cane at the entrance of the house).. no rice pot with pouring rice.. as it significantly would be.. yea.. i feel a little awkward.. but i have to accept it.. cause in indian tradition if a person is dead... especialy elderly alots of celebration has to be put away for 1 year.. so my grandmother who passed away on Mei last year. So the 1 year cycle of mourning has not reach yet.. well no celebrations..

This year.. as normal... same style as previous deepavali celebration.. cook veg foods and pray at home.. as simplicitic as possible... well i dont like it.. for me.. im very particular with all this.. a celebration needs to be a celebration.. it cannot be dull ! no way..!

but .. i have to respect my grandmothers soul..

Well.. for all my tamil friends who are celebrating ponggal festival.. Happy ponggal day guys...