Friday, January 18, 2019

Pongal 2019

Mom's Pongal Kolam
Mom's Pongal pot Kolam
I still going through the painful arm (read here if you missed) at night and the muscle spasm  have formed well on the upper arm and it’s taking time to heal. Being a muscular dystrophy, with weaker muscles, an extension in healing is no wonder. But I could feel better than earlier and still shifting positions kicks pain and I continue to ice and heat therapy. In between we had a far better Pongal and after 2010 we got to celebrate Pongal along with our uncle’s family who lives adjacent and the extended balcony (for my wheelchair movement) has gave enough space to lit firewood stove and Pongal was cooked in mud pot. Pongal is a harvesting festival of Tamil and thanksgiving to nature that nurture our lives and making Pongal in open space means dedicate to the prime natural source Sun and make thought the year become all success and happier.

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Making of sweet Pongal by boiling rice, milk and jaggery
BeFunky-collage (2)

The weather is pretty cool all these days and the sun is bright enough to balance the heat and the Pongal was cooked despite the warm sunlight that kept producing heat. The night before Pongal, mom and aunt got their hands on beautifying our front yard or the space between the road and our house and both made two colourful Kolams aka Rangoli using colour powders. First time mom took effort to draw a big Kolam after her surgery in May, though it is a simple kolam for her but just put this effort for me as  I love kolams. Every year she used to draw Pongal Kolam and adds colors according to the design and this time along with the aunt they turned more colourful the way it used to be. Other than paying homage to nature esp. the sun, and making Pongal on the balcony the days were spent mostly on TV and i went around our streets in the evening to check neighbours Kolam but to my disappointment most of them had drawn small Kolam or design which I would sharing in another post. Hope you liked our celebration.

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View on other two kolams by aunt, from balcony

14 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello, I love the colorful drawings. I hope everyone is feeling well, sending good wishes for you all. Enjoy your day and have a happy weekend.

Rose said...

Those 'designs' are so colorful and beautiful.

carol l mckenna said...

Beautiful pongal creation ~ and glad you got to celebrate closely with family ~ ^_^

Happy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Bill said...

Hope you had a wonderful Pongal celebration. The kolams are very pretty to see, I like them.

Lady Fi said...

Gorgeous!

Destination Infinity said...

Kolam looks nice and colourful.. Good to see that u r using mud pots for the festival.

George said...

I very much enjoyed seeing the pho6os of your Pongal celebration. Your mother's drawing is very beautiful. I hope you continue to get better and that the pain is soon completely gone.

GreenComotion said...

Happy Pongal. A very cool shot of the bike next to the kolam!!
Peace :)

Nancy Chan said...

Both your mom's and your aunt's kolam design are very pretty. I hope you will recover soon from the pain in your arm.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hi There, Hope your arm continues to heal.... I'm sure that Pongal this year was VERY special --with family. Your mother is so talented... Love her colorful drawings --and I'm sure that rice was delicious.

Hugs,
Betsy

Twilight Man said...

The Pongal Festive is widely celebrated in our country too. That kolam painted by your mum and aunt was great and colourful.... The view shot from the balcony was creative too. Thanks for sharing.

Hope you will be patient as your arms will heal and recover soon. My prayers for you Jeevan.

L. D. said...

The designs are great and you did get to see some of the neighbors too. It is an interesting celebration.

Shilpa said...

Looks amazing jeevan .kolam is super very colourful

Sri said...

Wonderful work thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge