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Little India celebrates harvest festivalDate : 10 January 2010 The Straits Times - Little India celebrates harvest festival 10 January 2009 It is harvest time in Little India. A nine-day celebration of Pongal, a harvest festival, began yesterday at Campbell Lane. Pongal marks the start of the auspicious month of Thai, a time when Tamil Indians give thanks for the blessings of the past year. Minister for Manpower Gan Kim Yong launched the event, now in its 10th year, by lighting a traditional oil lamp, considered to be auspicious. Highlights of the celebration include a mass cooking of pongal, a sweet rice dish; nightly folk-dance performances; and the garlanding and feeding of cattle. (With thanks to SPH - StraitsTimes.com) Note : No reproduction or downloading of this Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) article is allowed in any medium. Permission has to be obtained from SPH. |
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