A Tamil proverb says: Thai Pirandhal Vazhi Pirakkum (தை பிறந்தால் வழி பிறக்கும்), or The birth of the month of Thai paves the way for new opportunities.Pongal is historically a secular holiday independent of Hinduism, which could indicate a very ancient origin.Despite this preponderance of South India, we recognize this festival in other parts of India, in the North for example where it bears the name of Makar Sankranti.Pongal - பொங்கல் literally boiled over in Tamil - also called Makar Sankranti in other parts of India (ಸ ೦ ಕ್ರಾ ೦ ತಿ in Kannada) is a harvest and thanksgiving festival, but also a propitiatory of the 'India.Mainly celebrated in South India, particularly in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, it is also celebrated in...
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More recently, this festival is also celebrated around the world bySikh diaspora.The Rongall Blhu or the Bohag Bihu Is the national festival of Assam Basant panchml the Festival of Kites is aSikh and Hindu festival held on the fifth day of Magha (in arly February) marking the start of spring and the Holi season.It is a Hindu religious festival which has also become popular with people of other communities.Makar Sankranti Is perhaps the only Indian festival whose date always falls on the same day every year: 14 January, with some exceptions, when the festival Is celebrated on 13 January or 15 January.Baisakhi Baisakhi is a festival celebrated across the northern Indian subcontinent, especially in the Punjab region by the Sikh community.
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While the Sinhalese people speak Sinhala as their mother tongue, the Tamil people speak Tamil.Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day) .It is one of the constitutionally-recognized official languages of Sri Lanka, along with Tamil, which originates from South India.Id-Ul-Adha (Hajj Festival Day) .The Sinhala and Tamil new year (“Aluth Avurudhu” in Sinhala, “Puthiyathandu” in Tamil) is a very large cultural event on the island.
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It is an unofficial English based language with words originating from Malay, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, and Tamil.Traditional Shirt: Cheongsam (One piece dress for ladies), Samfu (A shirt with long pants for men) Food: Curry mee, Fish ball noodle, Char Kuey Teow, dim sum, Chinese tea, Moon cake (Eat and also gift to other people, during moon cake festival) Celebrates Chinese New Year with lion dance, fire crackers, giving red packets (ang pau) with money to each other, paying visit to most relatives, having a family reunion dinner, some grandma or aunty would set up a mah-jong game normally after the dinner,gifting Pomelos or “loke yau”, in Cantonese is a popular gift as the word ‘yau’ sounds like the Cantonese word for abundance, a...
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We believe that everything we eat affects both our body and soul.The majority of the population in Chennai are Tamil people also known as the Tamilians.A scoop of warm sweet milk paayasam or kesari or sweet pongal or any desert items is placed on the lower right of the top portion of the leaf.Therefore, the food should be pure, natural and balanced.Lemon is added to give additional favour to the juice.
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Rest of other parties are Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP), Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.In addition, Esala Perahera, a symbolic Buddhist festival consisting of dances and richly decorated elephants, is held in Kandy, during the month of August.Fire-dances, whip-dances, Kandian dances and various other cultural dances are integral parts of the festival.The station broadcasts services in Sinhalese, Tamil, English and Hindi.In April, Sri Lankans celebrate the Buddhist and Hindu New Year festival.
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Some are contend with the memory of venerable men and events and are, therefore, commemorative in nature.Third ones mark the change of season.These festival include Bhi, Baisakhi, Onam, Pongal, Basant Panchanmi etc.The second type of festivals depict the religious association of the people.Most Indian festivals have their origin either in religions or in the myths and legends of popular faiths.A festival is a celebration, entertainment or series of performances of a certain kind, often held periodically.They are intended to keep alive the memory of those events and personalities and inspire people to emulate their examples.
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This commemorates both the birth of Murugan, also called Subrāhmanya, the youngest son of the god Shiva and his wife Parvati, as well as the occasion in which Parvati gave Murugan a spear (vel), so that 'he can defeat the demon Surapadman.The word Thai pusam comes from the name of the month, Thai and pusam, which refers to a star that is at its highest point during this holiday.The Deva were unable to resist the onslaught of the forces deployed by the Asura.Desperate, they then prayed to Shiva for him to give them a leader capable, by his heroic command, of giving them victory against the Asura.At one point, the gods were repeatedly defeated by the Asura.
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The Chinese celebrate the Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival, Qing Ming, and the feast days of various deities.More secluded Muka Head, which hosts a lighthouse and a marine research station, and Monkey Beach – both within the Penang National Park – offer more pristine water.Aside from that, Penang is also ranked among top ten greatest street food cities in Asia, according to CNN Go.The Penang Government organises the annual George Town Festival which celebrates the city’s World Heritage Site status with arts and live cultural performances throughout the month of July.Penang is also famed for its traditional biscuits such as the tau sar pneah.
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If we do not protect our culture it will be disappear in a near future.Improving technology and the progressive, moderate thought make youth to become think the cultural as traditionalist.So, we must protect our culture for our nation as a youth.The importance of culture cannot be stressed enough as it is an integral part of living.Several harvest festivals such as Sankranthi, Pongal, Raja sankaranti swinging festival, and Onam, “Nuakhai” are also fairly popular.The Burmese language is very age-oriented.
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Pongal festival time is the day we find the traditional cooking starts.Before cooking any dish I understand its own origin, history.I’m interested in experimenting, so there the journey started for learning traditional cooking.As I’m a Telugu girl learned the basic cooking at home and now had no idea about the traditional items being cooked for the festivals.When I visited to my grandparent’s village the preparation started and observed many different things over there.
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As the saying goes, east or west, home is best.The Chinese celebrate, among others, the Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival, Qing Ming, and the feast days of various deities.Penang was recognised as having the Best Street Food in Asia by Time magazine in 2004, citing that “nowhere else can such great tasting food be so cheap”.Penang cuisine is the cuisine of the multicultural society of Penang.The best places to savour Penang’s food include Gurney Drive, Pulau Tikus, New Lane, New World Park, Penang Road and Chulia Street, as well as Raja Uda and Chai Leng Park over on the mainland.
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Hindu Festival .Christian Festival .The main Buddhist festival which is celebrated on a national scale is the birthady of the Buddha or Wesak Day which is a public holiday.The main India dialects spoken here are Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi and Telegu.By far the most important festival is Chinese New Year, a two-day holiday for many stretches into a week and which for most is their is their only real public holiday for the whole year.
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It was screened in several international festivals and won the award for best Indian film at the Asian and Arab Film Festival, New Delhi, in 2006. .Aribam Syam Sharma, the director of Imagi Ningthem, won the Grand Prix of the Nantes International Film Festival in 1982.Nirad Mohapatra, director of Maya Miriga has been invited for the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival.Tamil cinema tackles sensitive subjects, comprising several musical scenes and dances which play an important role.Santosh Sivan became the first Indian actor to receive an award abroad; he won the Best Actor award at the Afro-Asian Film Festival in 1960 and was awarded the title of Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by the Government of the French Republic in 1995.
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There would have a lots of activity includes open air concerts, variety shows, food bazaars, fun fairs, pet shows, exhibitions, games and many more [5].And lastly the Tamil language is being spoken by the tamils among their community.For example, book launches weddings, concerts, carnivals and many more.It starts from the PA systems, music, VIP rooms, foods, red carpet, guests and many more [6].Basically, language that being spoken in Penang is Malay language whereby English and the Chinese (Hokkien) also being spoken widely in Penang.
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By, G. Manasa MBA 1st – A. .Instead of gas or electric stove they used the old stove built with mud for cooking purpose.Utensils are too big, unique and they are made with different sources.Handling those utensils, managing the old stove and cooking those involved with great practice, skill.When I visited to my grandparent’s village the preparation started and observed many different things over there.
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he will lose his eye.In an attempt to treat his wound, his mother takes him to Pondicherry.But he will have the chance to meet Alice.In the years 1989 and 1990 the Movement for Literacy (Arivoliyakkam in Tamil) in Pondicherry developed a project for a scientific forum subsidized by the government of Pondicherry.It is a boarding school with an integrated school founded in 2009 by relatives of singer Yves Duteil to help children from the tribes of Tamil Nadu.
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Even the much exploited religious diversity is only superficial, as the same Gods are worshipped all over India though under different names.Thus, inspite of numerous social, cultural, religious and racial diversities, India still remains a largely unified country; his concept of unity has been a running thread among various ndian religions and cultures.These factors also bind the country together.Different regions of the country are dependent on each other for supplying and consuming various kinds of products that result in their economic growth.Other forces like the communication system and the mass media help in the exposure to all the cultures of different regions of India thus bringing the whole country as one nation.
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There are four national holidays celebrated by Indians namely the independence day festival, festival of the Republic, Gandhi Jayanti, and May day filled with excitement and enthusiasm all over India.Language – Different states in India each have different official languages.Getting more language knowledge, understandings about religions, festivals and family structures is vital for CBL to do better business with India.Central government only recognizes Hindi as the official language of India.Regionalism, religion, language and caste are all factors that need to be taken into account when doing business in India.
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Kerala culture, a rich and original creation, draws its main influences from neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as well as from outside contributions (Muslim and Western).Onam, the harvest festival, is celebrated throughout Kerala in honor of Mahabali, a ruler who is honored by throwing feasts, wearing new clothes and decorating the doorsteps of houses with colorful floral frescoes and rugs.The link with Tamil Nadu is very visible, because the showmen of Kerala punctuate their accounts with words in Tamil language taken from Iramavataram, a translation of the Ramayana made by the famous author Kamban and which constitutes one of the masterpieces of literature.Since 1996, takes place in Thiruvananthapuram, the Kerala International Film ...
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For her contributions to Tamil literature, she received the 2008 Iyal Virudhu.C. S. Lakshmi was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in 1944.During the Jaipur Literary Festival, Pawan Varma, an eminent IFS officer who has translated Gulzar’s poetry, said that he faced a difficulty translating phrases like ‘tip tip’ and ‘tap tap’ and Gulzar replied “abhi to humne kabutar ki gutar goon shuru bhi nahi ki hai”.Her novel, translated as Midnight Tales focuses on the inner world of Muslim women in the conservative society of Tamil Nadu in south India.The languages we are going to focus upon are Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Tamil and Kannada.
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One major celebration that stands out is the Diwali Nagar or Village of the Festival of Lights located in Chaguanas, Trinidad.The last day of festival is called Bhai dooj (Brother’s second) or Bhai tika in Nepal, where it is the major day of the festival.This festival, a public holiday in the island nation, is also called “Deepavali” and is celebrated by the Tamil community.The festival signifies the triumph of light over darkness, justice over injustice, good over evil and intelligence over ignorance.In Trinidad and Tobago, communities all over the islands get together and celebrate the festival.
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English, Tamil, Chinese (in various parlance- Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan and Foochow), Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi are the other languages spoken by different groups.Mandarin and Tamil are taught concurrently with Bahasa Malaysia and English in schools .The largest Hindu celebration in Malaysia would be Deepavali or Diwali, popularly known as the ‘festival of lights’, a celebration to honor the victory of good over evil.English may take precedence over Malay in certain official perspective as provided for by the National Language Act, mainly in the states of Sabah and Sarawak, where it may be the official operational language.Malay, Chinese, and Tamil.
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Swaham (1994), directed by Shaji N. Karun, was the second Malayalam film entry in the Cannes International Film Festival, where it was a nominee for the Palme d’Or.Murali Nair’s Marana Simhasanam later won the Caméra d’Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.International Film Festival of Kerala .The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala.This resulted in increased popularity of Tamil and Hindi movies in Kerala.
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The lack of frets and the tension of the strings make the sarod a very demanding instrument to play, as the strings must be pressed hard against the fingerboard.It also has two national tiger reserves, Ranthambore and Sariska Tiger Reserve, and a famous temple in Khatu, Sikar district, Language: Rajasthani is the main spoken language of the state, although Hindi and English are used for official purposes.Kambar (Kampan in casual address) was a medieval Tamil poet and the author of the Tamil Ramayanam Ramavatharam, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of Ramayana.Tyagaraja Aradhana, the commemorative music festival is held every year at Thiruvaiyaru in the months of January to February in Tyagaraja’s honour.There are two a...
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For these kinds of students, I firstly do some activities which include dictation, quiz, and educational games using Tamil Language as much as I can.At the school, in the Tamil syllabus, we are more driven to systematic teaching and learning.Learning of the Tamil Language is done in different ways such as words findings, drawing, and colouring, hide and seek and so on.For example, at the beginning of the year, I start the class of Form 1 by doing bridging the gap classes followed by the Cavadee festival.Learning Area: Tamil Date: 26.05.2010 .
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Depending on the lunar calendar, the New Year is celebrated on April 13, 14 or 15.This reading reveals the forecast for the new year.It is also another opportunity for the children to receive gifts from the family.Puthandu (Tamil: புத்தாண்டு), or sometimes Varsha pirappu, is the name for the Tamil New Year in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu.This is a good time for reconciliations, meals, and cultural performances.
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This shows, in the ages of seven until twelve years old, the pupils are expose about the beginning of nation state through language and history.com/2012/04/sukatan-pendidikan-islam-sekolah-rendah.Penduduk Malaysia kini 28.my/bharian/articles/PendudukMalaysiakini28_3juta/Article/artikel [ 2 ].com/2009/10/pendidikan-seni-di-malaysia-antara.
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English is widespread and is the language which unites the various ethnic groups.The government organizes the Singapore Food Festival in July to celebrate Singapore’s cuisine.male: 79 years .female: 83 years .Tamil is the main Indian language, though Malayalam and Hindi are also spoken.
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For example, through the activities of the Lantern Festival, which involves not only the Chinese and Indian students, but also to be accompanied by Malay students.Despite the division of society according to race, as the 4B Youth Movement, Youth Association Tamil, Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia, Malaysian Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Indian Chamber of Commerce Malaysia, but this should be used by these organizations to create various dialogues and seminars in order to understand the problems that exist and find the solution.Among the issues that is often raised is the special position of the Malays, Islam, the Malay language, and so on.– Social: the practice of visiting during the festive seasons like Hari Raya, Chinese New Ye...
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