Onam - Our Main Festival
By Dassodils
@Dassodils (2010)
India
August 28, 2012 3:02am CST
Hai dear friends I would like to share some thing about our main festival.Onam is our main festival..before the ten days of this festival, we put/apply flowers in variety designs at in front of the house..Then on the 10th day of this we celebrate onam by having meal and spending time with relatives and family members.On this festival all people will get together to spend some time with their dear ones..How many of you celebrate onam like this?? Do you know anything about onam??
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@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
28 Aug 12
Hi Dsassodils,
I too know Kerala people will celebrate Onam festival, in Andhra we will celebrate "Sankranthi" festival in the Month of January. This festival falls only in January monthly only that is also in between 12th to 16th of January,on those days our people also decorate the space with flowers, art of lines(muggulu) with Go-bar pots in middle of the art. Have a nice day.
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@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
28 Aug 12
Hi Ravisivan,
Thanks for the response, Sankranthi also one of the important festivals for farmers and Telugu people. I do not the communities in India will celebrate Sankranthi festival or not? Yes the son of ex chief minister's son is still in jail,these people are the responsible for price hike in Andhra Pradesh. Total Congress Govt does not do any good thing to the people,but they pacify that they are doing good to the people. Have a nice day.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
28 Aug 12
In A.P. Sankranthi is celebrated very well. Onam is a very important festival in kerala. How is the politics in A.P. now? That ex chief minister's son was arrested. Is he still in prison? good day.
@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
28 Aug 12
Hi Das,
Happy Onam. For me Onam is not for celebrating, but I used to use this day as the day for revision. I had my early life in Kerla for 25 years of Onam every year and those past memories are the feast for me. I am missing all my people around and not even feel like celebrate here in their absence.
Hope you are celebrating Onam with all your family, and say my regards to your brother and parents. Hope you all are prepared the special 'payasm' and 'pradhaman'.
Regards
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@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
28 Aug 12
Hi,
Happy Onam.
Hope you all are also going to celebrate Onam. Where are you and not seen for a long time. May be busy, but be sometime around.
Regards
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
30 Aug 12
I know absolutely nothing about Onam because I am not from the same part of the world that you are from. With that said, the way that you celebrate the holiday does sound a lot like the way that we celebrate many of the important holidays during the course of the year here in the United States. For me, the two holidays where it is the most important to spend time with our family is Thanksgiving (in November) and Christmas (in December).
@512771751 (1096)
• China
29 Aug 12
Oh, it is the first time that I hear about onam. I think it must be so great and happy day. In my country, spring festival is the main festival.
@Dassodils (2010)
• India
30 Aug 12
Spring Festival?? Same to you..This is the first time that I hear about this type festival..What is the speciality of that festival??? How will you celebrate this?? I want to know about that festival.Hope you will describe it to me..Thank you..
@idea24share (439)
• India
30 Aug 12
I know about onam and i am not malayalie. This festival is celebrating by kerala people in respect with their king mahabali. It is believe by kerala peoples that their king visit their country on that day and for that people are welcoming the day by decorating flowers. In all kerala families on that day they put "athapoo" rangoli on that day to celebrate that festival. Am I right?
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
28 Aug 12
Happy ONAM to you.
I take this opportunity to wish all Keralites in mylot a Great Onam. Hope everyone one celebrate the same with great joy. The rain is disturbing much everywhere in India and I felt it may affect the people in Kerala too. I am away from the state, still we too celebrate in our own way.
Once again Happy Onam dear. Enjoy.
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
28 Aug 12
not really this is my first to know about this but it do sounds interesting and amazing.. i will look this up and see what is this about.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
28 Aug 12
Dassodils:
nice to hear from you. You appear more confident, more interested. good keep it up.
Onam -- I saw asianet through internet here. I find they are mentioning about it in Ideastar singer program also. Ranjani one who is compering that program makes it interesting. Enjoy Onam. Be happy. go to church. Respect elders. Let good things happen to you and all the members of your family.
I know Onam is an important festival in Kerala just as Pongal is an important festival in Tamil Nadu.
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
28 Aug 12
happy onam,
i know about this festival, i have few Malayalam friends , they celebrate it very nicely, have a blast
@amritha3009 (70)
• India
29 Aug 12
onam is a kerala festival. and i do remeber we celebrate it great as we hav studies in a missionary school our school emphasizes on onam very much.
we used to get many holidays and al dat was fun. the customs and celebrations were great