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Korea Chu’sok | Korea Chuseok

In Korea, meaning of ‘Chu Suk’ is best described as ‘Bountiful Abundance’. During this festival, all Koreans are very carefree, happy and joyful. ‘Chu’sok’ is Korean thanksgiving festival. Koreans gather to commemorate their ancestors and honour their memories and spend with families. Harvest moon festival is on 15th day of the 8th lunar month on […]

Harvest Festival International Names

India is mainly land of agriculture so the harvest festival is observed. Festival is celebrated in different regions, under different names, with different rituals, in different parts of India. There are many harvest festivals celebrated here. Festival is celebrated all over India on the same day. However, there is a different name associated with festival […]

Pongal Celebrations in European Countries

‘Pongal’ in Europe: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark: Britain has over 300,000 Tamils. France has over 60,000 Tamils from Pondicherry. Germany has over 50,000 Tamils and over half of them were refugees from Sri Lanka. Italy has about 25,000 Tamils, and Switzerland has about 40,000 Tamils. Denmark has over 7,000 Tamils, majority were refugees. […]

Pongal Celebration in Oceania

‘Pongal’ In Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji: Australia has a population of over 18 million. There are about 30,000 Tamils spread over six states. Concentration is mainly in states of New South Wales and Victoria. New Zealand has about 3,000 Tamils. Most of them are professionals who have migrated on their own. In Fiji, there […]

Pongal Celebration in the Gulf

‘Pongal’ in the Gulf: Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait: Bahrain is home for over 7,000 Tamils who are mostly professionals and workers. Qatar is also home for about 4,000 Tamils mostly from Tamil Nadu. In December 2000, Qatar Tamil Sangam was inaugurated for conducting Tamil cultural programmes. The organisation taught teachings of Thirukkural. […]

Pongal in South East Asia

Pongal in South East Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and others. Since Tamils live in different countries of South East Asia, ‘Pongal’ festival is very popular. Indonesia has about 2,000 to 10,000 Tamils. Singapore has about 200,000 Tamils who constitute third main cultural group. Malaysia has 1,060,000 Tamils. Tamil population of Myanmar [Burma] was 200,000 […]

Pongal Celebration around the World

Harvest festival, ‘Pongal’, is celebrated with enthusiasm by all Indians living all over the World. Tamils living abroad practise their cultural values throughout significant festivals. Interestingly, younger generation of Tamils who live abroad come forward to contribute to harvest festival. Although there are various contributions in ‘Pongal’, Tamil Diasporas maintain and nurture cultural distinctiveness. ‘Pongal’ […]

Hadaga Festival in Maharashtra

‘Hadaga’ festival of Maharashtra is for praying for good monsoon hence abundant harvest. Since God Indra is god of rain, people sing to Indra hoping for rain. Pictures of elephants, Indra’s vehicle, are drawn everywhere to invite God Indra. The festival of ‘Makar Sankranti’ is marked by kite-flying in the sky. Entire sky is converted […]

About Poki Festival | About Bhogi Festival

‘Bhogi’ on first day of four days long ‘Pongal’ festival is called ‘Poki’ by many. On this day, people worship Lord Indra, Hindu mythological God of Rain. People express their gratitude for good harvest and rainfall. It is because of this reason some people know ‘Poki’ Festival as ‘Indran’. ‘Poki’ day is meant for domestic […]

Thai Pongal | Tamil Harvest Festival Celebration

‘Thai Pongal’ is celebrated on first day of ‘Thai’ month of Tamil calendar. This day is usually between 12th and 15th of January in Gregorian or Christian calendar. ‘Thai’ is the first month of Tamil calendar. ‘Pongal’ is a dish made with sweet mixture of rice, moong dal, jaggery and milk. Festival is celebrated by […]

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