Happy Onam to all of you . My onam memories goes on like this . We lived in a house which was located in a village in palakkad . We had a big veranda to make the pookalam ( designs) . I am actually good in climbing walls and trees like monkeys to pluck the flowers from the backyard .Myself , my brother and sister would take a basket and go to the backyard early in the morning and make sure we get the bestest flowers. We have to really go early or else others would have taken all the flowers hence it's a funny task . Some days we get many flowers and some days it's one or two that's all.
The flowers which we had in the backyard were chebaruthi , sangu pushpam ,pavizha malli, nandhiyarvattai and there is something called as mathan poo ( pumpkin flower )and pasharu(green algea). We used take the algae from the walls of wells at home .
On the day of Onam alone we go sultanpet market with our father to buy flowers .Rest of the days we make pookalam with the flowers we have from the backyard .
How we design it ?We wash the veranda and look at the roads for cow dung . I am the one who takes the cow dung in hand because my brother doesnt like to do it .He would catch the cover and I would take it and put it in the cover . We add some water to it and make a round design with the cow dung and keep it in the middle and keep a flower on top of it . This is mainly done because for the cow dung smell no animals or insects would come and spoil the pookalam.
I am always the one doing the art and my brother and sisters play the PA role ;) My parents would see and say very nice shilpa,super design today . After this we just go for a walk to see the designs in others house and we tell to ourselves oh the design in my house is wow ;) how funny when we think about it now . New dress and onam sadhya is a sure one .
So this is how we were celebrating onam !
Today , sitting in dubai I think of all this. I made a small pookalam because we stay in a flat. We went in taxi and bought flowers . Just wanted tungli to know there is something called onam and this is all we do in our family . I made a small Onam sadhya because I dont want to buy it from hotel as others do . Tungli helped me a bit in peeling onions , cleaning coriander and so on . She knows to do all these because she sees me doing the household everyday .
Surprise is naveen got me a Onam saree and a jewellery .Though he is from Tamil nadu he appreciates everything that I do and loves it hence I am happy . Peace .
I wish everyone a happy onam and enjoy the best . Childhood is always the best and if you have kids do try your best to give atleast half of the childhood memories you had . The world has changed a lot actually .....not like before . In the name of modern many beautiful things are lost ...I wish many realise it and live life to the fullest .
I shall post our onam pictures in the next blog soon .
Post in your views .
The flowers which we had in the backyard were chebaruthi , sangu pushpam ,pavizha malli, nandhiyarvattai and there is something called as mathan poo ( pumpkin flower )and pasharu(green algea). We used take the algae from the walls of wells at home .
On the day of Onam alone we go sultanpet market with our father to buy flowers .Rest of the days we make pookalam with the flowers we have from the backyard .
How we design it ?We wash the veranda and look at the roads for cow dung . I am the one who takes the cow dung in hand because my brother doesnt like to do it .He would catch the cover and I would take it and put it in the cover . We add some water to it and make a round design with the cow dung and keep it in the middle and keep a flower on top of it . This is mainly done because for the cow dung smell no animals or insects would come and spoil the pookalam.
I am always the one doing the art and my brother and sisters play the PA role ;) My parents would see and say very nice shilpa,super design today . After this we just go for a walk to see the designs in others house and we tell to ourselves oh the design in my house is wow ;) how funny when we think about it now . New dress and onam sadhya is a sure one .
So this is how we were celebrating onam !
Today , sitting in dubai I think of all this. I made a small pookalam because we stay in a flat. We went in taxi and bought flowers . Just wanted tungli to know there is something called onam and this is all we do in our family . I made a small Onam sadhya because I dont want to buy it from hotel as others do . Tungli helped me a bit in peeling onions , cleaning coriander and so on . She knows to do all these because she sees me doing the household everyday .
Surprise is naveen got me a Onam saree and a jewellery .Though he is from Tamil nadu he appreciates everything that I do and loves it hence I am happy . Peace .
I wish everyone a happy onam and enjoy the best . Childhood is always the best and if you have kids do try your best to give atleast half of the childhood memories you had . The world has changed a lot actually .....not like before . In the name of modern many beautiful things are lost ...I wish many realise it and live life to the fullest .
I shall post our onam pictures in the next blog soon .
Post in your views .
