Kids and Birds

Immigrant customs and traditions have been integrated into many aspects of Bird’s Wedding German culture. A significant example of this is the Sorbian tradition of the Bird's Wedding. This wedding ceremony celebrates the coming spring and the birds' thankfulness the children for feeding them throughout the winter. The night before the ceremony, children set out their plates on their windowsill in hopes of birds bringing them sweets or presents. Held annually on January 25th, the children in elementary schools and kindergartens dress up as various birds with one girl specially dressed as the magpie bride and a boy as the raven bridegroom. And the saucers? Each one will have a magpie-shaped pastry with dancing, singing, and celebration follows.

A statuette, translated as a school cone, is give to children in Germany as they set off for their first day of school. These large decorated cardboard cones are usually given by parents or grandparents and filled with sweets, school supplies, and toys. Above is such a sweet and cute pic form the celebration; u can see Fiance Axel kisses his bride Lea during the birds wedding at a kindergarten in Cottbus, eastern Germany.

Theppam festival & tooth surgery

Late evening mom went to the Theppam Festival in Mylapore Kapaleeshwar Temple Tank, which was conducted on the abut of Thaipusam. This year and last year was this Theppam festival was celebrated grand, compare to few years when the Mylapore tank faces drought. Above pics shows the Theppam floating on the Tank.

The Root canal treatment couldn’t give hand for the infection, so yesterday went on a small surgery in the tooth and gums. It was the pain I haven’t experienced in the last few years. Smiling and laughing makes all happy, but in my case, now, if smile, i feel pain. I can’t be without smiling for more times, I struggle to control it now. I thought they will close the root and leave, but the infection makes to cut the tissue and stitches. I think it may take few days to go back to normal, even talking, reading and eating makes difficult.

My tooth pain history :D

Hum… the weeklong toothache was better now after undergoing the root canal treatment. Thought it must be a normal pain will go in a day. But I guessed it right that must be a reflex of that 11 years incident. One evening my brother and me was riding cycle in out next street, we were going doubles by sharing that single seat of the cycle. We were turning that turn, suddenly a car comes before us, and the place was very slide so left balance and both fell down. I was sitting in front, so my front tooth got hurt and the whole tooth comes out of the gum. I was very feared how to show my teeth to the mom, but I got good scold from her that day and arrived to the near dentist. My eyes were wet in the pain fear.

It was half an hour waited for the dentist and I was in fear that time was going, can they fix my tooth. They inject my gum and tied the tooth with steel wire. I couldn’t forget the pain so easily, when ever I get any symptoms on the tooth’s, I remember that pain. After two three X-rays, a deep breath that it has setup. But that time the dentist forget to do this root canal, so some damage has take place in the root of the tooth and it affect were touched with its side tooth. Last evening I visit dentist and did root canal, they have drilled my both tooth and inject medicine and will again visit in two days to know further treatment.

18th century model Gotheborg Ship in Chennai

Gotheborg,
originally uploaded by Jeevan Kumar.

The ship that was designed like the 18th century’s submerged ship, Sweden’s Gotheborg is arriving chennai tomorrow (31st January).

About the ship

The 18th century’s Gotheborg ship that floats on the sea was shining as a biggest cargo ship that belongs to Sweden. Not only through the trade, even Gotheborg was served to improve the culture and it also holds all miscellaneous art structures and display as a vault. This ship was involved in an accident and submerged in September1745, when it was carrying Tea and Porcelain things from China. After that Sweden started to design a ship like Gotheborg. As per Gothperk ship was designed from 1986 to 1992 with most antique objects and by the time it provides modern facilities and security lay outs.

Gotheborg that got life again, looks like the mast ship that comes in the old Tamil film Aairathil Oruvan. We can tell this ship displays the same style with little modernization. Gotheborg, which horrific at many people whom eagerly seen in many countries, was going to rob our (people of chennai) eyes from tomorrow. Sweden’s Gotheborg has comes by passing five continents; after traveling through Spain, Brazil, Australia, it departed from Singapore on 14th and reach chennai harbor on 31st after its 15-day travel. This ship would be welcomed by governor SS Barnala, Sweden deputy PM Mautolopsun and ship minister T.R.Balu. The ship is expected to stay in chennai for 11 days. What special about it is, Gotheborg is only coming to chennai in India. From where ever this ship depart, it has a familiar to carry a group of people from the harbor, as per it has actor Revathi, Leptin commander Amit Arvind, tsunami affected fisher men, 2 journalist who were traveling in the ship would involve in cleaning it.

As Gotheborg coming to chennai, a festival called “Sweden comes to Chennai” was going to celebrate for 10 days; that time special programs by Sweden will hold. On Feb 1 a trade program is going to hold and both nations like to discuss on varies department. Continuing that, every day a special program like Jazz musical’s Minta music program, Sweden’s food festival, film festival would be held. Public can view this ship from Feb 3rd -7th from 1 to 9pm. We can also see this sight from Marina beach.

Mattu Pongal Day in Village

In the recent Pongal days, the most I enjoyed one was Mattu pongal, which I spent in my mom’s aunty village. After my grandpa left all his bulls, years back we dint get change to celebrate the Mattu Pongal. Nowadays my thoughts, interest and wishes on villages and farming have increased, so that would be the reason for me to visit the village on mattu pongal day. I think its not only the farmers to celebrate this mattu pongal, every one who eats rice from the paddy should also celebrate the mattu pongal to thank the cattle’s for their handworks on the earth. Its wonder u know to see a village with green fields, with cattle’s and still alive in the same position till now as I see from years. When it was few km’s from Chennai, when the surrounding places are changing as Engineering collages and IT parks.

It was mid afternoon, when we drive in the dusty old mahabalipuram road in the hot sun. This village is near Thiruporur, one side it was ex-salt pan areas, unfitted for agriculture, and the other side has good soil and water facilities. Mostly we visit to this village in summer times, so the lake would be dry with little water, but to my surprise the lake was filled with water and buffaloes were swimming. When we arrive, the people in the village were preparing their bulls for the Mattu Pongal, with colorful paintings on their horns and the bull carts, with balloons hanging. We spend some times in the fields; the green field was a beautiful scene to adore and the water from the pump set was great.

In evening the bulls come to its place where they gather. One my one was took bath by our relatives and their horns were daub my turmeric and kumgumama (crimson powder) kept in his head, tail… new color cord were tied in his neck and mango leafs around its horn, the bulls were very quite with out any wayward. There was this cute white calf, looks very attractive in his bell tied cord; its hairs were very soft, it was pleasant when it runs. Have seen many goats, but this one was special with long ears. The village smell and the evening cool breeze have an awesome sense, I feel it after a long time. The evening was gorgeous as the sky was color of dark pink. When they were preparing to worship, I notice some colorful bull carts with children having fun on traveling in the cart, they were rounding the village. All bulls and plough objects were given camphor adoration and myrrh smoke was shown to it. It was very dark and the camera flash gives problem so the nigh pic was very dark. It went 8 .30 pm in night when we left the village, we had a good dinner in the village; the taste of the Karakulambe was great. More Pictures here