01-04-2004, 01:22 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-rhytha+Jan 4 2004, 01:03 PM-->QUOTE(rhytha @ Jan 4 2004, 01:03 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> thats should be sakira pongal=sharakara annam, but whats churiya annam??=white pongal? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
HH is right Pongal-O-Pongal is the milk rising. It also signifies the abundance after a bumper harvest.. (Pongum vaazkkai.)
Sarkarai-p-pongal is the sweet rice. Sharkarai (sugar) is borrowed word from samskritham - the actual sweet item added in those days were VELLAM - Jaggary..
Ven-p-pongal (Veluppu-p-pongal) is the white pongal. I have heard about Surya-p-pongal but not as a dish.. The three days of tamil pongal is 1) Bhogi-p-pongal, 2) Surya-p-pongal and 3) Mattu-p-pongal or Kanu-p-pongal.
Mattu-p-pongal involves Jalli-k-kattu. An event unique to Tamil Nadu (unless some other province practise it) where veera mara-t-thamizhargal wrestle with a Kangeyam-b-Bull with bare hands and subdue it - unlike the matador Jallikkattu does not harm the bull though many men may be injured. (now a days I see weak calves kannu-k-kutty instead of bulls.) <!--emo&
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In Andhra, the Shankaranti is greeted with Rangoli-muggu, and haridasu with his tanpura singing songs.. also miss the guys parading their Gangireddu (decorated bulls.) Not to mention the Burra-katha... the lost arts of yesteryears.
HH is right Pongal-O-Pongal is the milk rising. It also signifies the abundance after a bumper harvest.. (Pongum vaazkkai.)
Sarkarai-p-pongal is the sweet rice. Sharkarai (sugar) is borrowed word from samskritham - the actual sweet item added in those days were VELLAM - Jaggary..
Ven-p-pongal (Veluppu-p-pongal) is the white pongal. I have heard about Surya-p-pongal but not as a dish.. The three days of tamil pongal is 1) Bhogi-p-pongal, 2) Surya-p-pongal and 3) Mattu-p-pongal or Kanu-p-pongal.
Mattu-p-pongal involves Jalli-k-kattu. An event unique to Tamil Nadu (unless some other province practise it) where veera mara-t-thamizhargal wrestle with a Kangeyam-b-Bull with bare hands and subdue it - unlike the matador Jallikkattu does not harm the bull though many men may be injured. (now a days I see weak calves kannu-k-kutty instead of bulls.) <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->In Andhra, the Shankaranti is greeted with Rangoli-muggu, and haridasu with his tanpura singing songs.. also miss the guys parading their Gangireddu (decorated bulls.) Not to mention the Burra-katha... the lost arts of yesteryears.