India is celebrating

By Lakshmi Sharath
August 23rd, 2010

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With all the diversity around, Indians celebrate virtually throughout the year. Every community, state, religion has its own festival .While most of them are steeped in myths and legends to appease deities and demons, some of them celebrate the onset of a new season, while others celebrate relationships ,including that between siblings .And most festivals have just one thing in common – great food .

As I write this post, the entire state of Kerala is celebrating Onam . A festival which is rather exclusive to Malayalis, the community that speaks the language Malayalam, Onam welcomes the legendary king Mahabali who is supposedly visiting his subjects on earth. Although a great ruler, Mahabali had one flaw – his ego, which he finally surrendered to the Lord Vishnu. Mahabali however was allowed to visit his kingdom once a year and all of Kerala are ready for him.

Decorated with flowers and lamps, every Malayali’s house is brightly lit and there are celebrations galore. Onam is usually celebrated for over ten days in a very traditional manner and each day has its own significance . There is a grand parade in the state with elephants accompanied by music and dance. The grand snake boat race is also held during the period.

Its a great time to visit Kerala , when the festivities are at a peak and there is so much of vibrance and colour all around.

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I love it-I could just picture the elephants and music during the parade. India sounds a bit like Italy with all of the festivals. Here in southern Italy, the majority of the festivals are held in the summer. Is that true for India, too, or do they have them year-round?

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