Monday, September 10, 2012

Our World - Onam Festival

The Onam festival was celebrated a few days ago by the people of Kerala state. Flower carpets were made in houses, and special festival food was cooked.The children in many schools made flower designs.
 Little girls dressed in their finery, danced round the flower carpets.
 Onam festival is a festival to welcome Mahabali, a mythical king of Kerala, who is believed to come to the Earth every year on this day, to see whether his people are happy .
 My thanks to the team of Our World Tuesday, where you can learn about many cultures from all over the world.

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16 comments:

  1. Sylvia KSeptember 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM

    What a colorful and delightful post for the day! Such a happy celebration for all! Wonderful captures and thank you for the background of the Onam Festival! Enjoy your week!!

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  2. MeowwSeptember 11, 2012 at 6:36 AM

    Lovely colorful flowers and kids :)

    Missing India and the flowers so much!

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  3. stardustSeptember 11, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    Happy Onam Festival! Flower carpets as well as children’s ethnic clothes are so beautiful.

    Yoko

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  4. magiceyeSeptember 11, 2012 at 7:25 AM

    Such a colourful festival celebrating nature!!

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  5. KatrinSeptember 11, 2012 at 11:19 AM

    How beautiful - both you pictures and the flower festival. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 11:41 AM

    What gorgeous flower designs!

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  7. LeoviSeptember 11, 2012 at 11:53 AM

    Very nice, beautiful floral carpets.

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  8. JoyfulSeptember 11, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    Beautiful floral designs. The children did a fantastic job. They look so nice in their finery too!

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  9. eileeninmdSeptember 11, 2012 at 1:55 PM

    Sounds like a lovely festival. The flowers are beautiful and the little girls in their costumes are pretty. Wonderful photos, thanks for sharing your world.

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  10. UnknownSeptember 11, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    the flower carpets are beautiful, so as the girls in colorful costumes. a fun festival to get creative.

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  11. Fun60September 11, 2012 at 3:06 PM

    I love the idea of flower carpets. The words themselves conjure up pictures of joy. Thank you for sharing your pictures they are wonderful joyous images.

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  12. NatureFootstepSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:24 PM

    they are really good at designing these.
    Long ago I had a penfriend in Kerala. :)

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  13. SandyCarlsonSeptember 12, 2012 at 6:21 AM

    Thanks for teaching me about this festival.

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  14. snowwhiteSeptember 12, 2012 at 8:55 PM

    Gorgeous flower carpets! Are the designs of the carpets traditional or do people create new ones? It is wonderful to see such a historical festival is being passed down from generation to generation.
    keiko

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  15. Onam greetingsAugust 8, 2013 at 6:41 PM

    What I really love about this festival is the colorful Pookalam competition and the stage plays... Truly wonderful.

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