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Saturday, September 3, 2011

ONAM FESTIVAL IN OUR CHURCH

Our church celebrated Onam festival in advance although the real festival is still few more days away. This is because during festival there will be long holidays and many parishners will go to their native places to celebrate the festival with their families. Here are a few photos for your visual pleasure.ENJOY

A little girl dressed as king mahabali

Another little girl dressed as king mahabali

Pulikali(tiger hunting) in progress

Pulikali(Tiger hunting) team.

People waiting to see the tug of war

A tug of war in progress

Flower arrangement

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15 comments:

  1. RHYTHM AND RHYMESeptember 4, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    A lovely post , it looks like a wonderful festival and so colourful. Your pictures are an asset to your blog.

    Have a nice day,
    Yvonne.

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  2. AroojSeptember 4, 2011 at 4:00 AM

    wow....what an excitement and joy on the faces of people

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  3. Brian MillerSeptember 4, 2011 at 4:34 AM

    very nice joseph...love the little kids outfits and costumes...and the flower arrangements...thanks for the glimpse in...

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  4. P.N. SubramanianSeptember 4, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    Wonderful. I understand that there are many denominations amongst the Kerala Christians. Do all of them celebrate Onam or is it confined to the Orthodox/Syrian Christians.
    The bench over which you are seated, reminds of my younger days in Kerala.

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  5. Kim@stuffcould....September 4, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    I see happiness too. I love the flowers also

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    The photos are so interesting. Oh my lots of fun, tiger hunting and tug of war. Did your team win?


    Amrita

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  7. GinnieSeptember 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    The little girls are adorable. I wish you had explained more about the meaning of the Onan festival. It's completely new to me.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Joseph Sir

    "HAPPY ONAM TO YOUR & YOUR FAMILY"

    nice photos...

    thanks for sharing

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  9. Nisha JhaSeptember 10, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    Though belated & first time from me... but Happy Onam to you ! :)

    Till now I haven't witnessed Onam in real life.. just thru photos & your pictures make me want to do it soon.

    Nisha - Le Monde-A Poetic Travail

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  10. Beatrice P. BoydSeptember 12, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Joseph, thank you for a very colorful post showing how Onam is celebrated. However, like Ginnie stated, I admit to not knowing very much about this observance so I will be checking it out. The tiger hunt photo was somewhat distrubing because the one man was holding what appeared to be an automatic weapon.

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  11. HaddockSeptember 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    That is one good thing about Kerala.
    Everyone celebrates every festival (and that is how it should be)

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  12. Janie FoxSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    how cool is that! Glad I found you!! Or you found me!

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  13. Nicholas Garcia (Nick)September 15, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Hi Joseph, I like your pictures....GOD BLESS....

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  14. Margaret CloudSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    This is some celebration,the little girls is so cute. I also saw an automatic weapon in the tiger hunt, very didturbing.

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  15. David C BrownSeptember 19, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    I always wonder - what next? - in India. You'd better tell us more what you're celebrating!

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