Onam
Onam is one of the greatest festivals of Kerala. It is the
festival, which the Keralites celebrate unitedly without the difference of
caste and religion. Onam is a time for sports and festivities and in Kerala
where one third of the area is low lying, covered with canals, lakes and
backwaters; the people take to their boats and country crafts
to celebrate. Colorful aquatic festivals are organized along the sacred river
Pamba.
Onam is the most important harvest festival of Kerala and is
an attraction for thousands of people within and outside the state. Ranging
from four days to ten days, all the activities during this season are centered
around worshiping, music, dances, sports, boat races and good food. It is
celebrated in the Malayalam month Chingam (ending of August and beginning of
September). This year Onam 2012 falls on Wednesday, 29th of August.
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| Thiruonam Lunch |
Onam is a celebration of Ten days. People put flower mats in
front of their houses, to welcome the King Mahabali. There is competition for
the laying of flower mats; Keralites all over the world celebrate these ten
days with pomp and gaiety. They wear new dresses,
visits almost all the temples they can, performs lot of dances like
Thiruvathira kali and Thumbi Tullal and the most important thing is the grant lunch they have on the Thiuruvonam day
which is also called the Fourth Onam. People of Kerela never miss the Grant
lunch. A saying in Malayalam quotes "Kanam Vittu Onam Unnanam" which
means "We should have the Thiruonam lunch even if we have to sell all our
properties". They give that much importance to the lunch on the Thiruonam
day.
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