COIMBATORE: About 50 intercaste and interreligious couples celebrated 'Samathuva Pongal' with their households at a box close to Veerakeralam here on Monday.
Writer and journalist Paamaran, who was once the organiser, mentioned folks have fun festivals like Pongal with their family or with folks from castes which they deem equal.
"But people who had married outside their caste or religion have no festivals. They usually give up celebrating festivals of both religions as a compromise," Paamaran mentioned, including that, "So we started holding this event."
The concept at the back of retaining the event on Pongal is that no faith can claim ownership of the harvest pageant, mentioned Paamaran. "A farmer could belong to any community or religion," he mentioned.
The couples and their family members accrued on the box and played traditional video games like goli gundu, pambaram, uri adithal, and kite flying. "The most important part of the event is where we taught traditional games to the children," mentioned Paamaran.
Children as of late are glued to computers and cellphones and aren't uncovered to out of doors video games. "We introduced pambaram and pattam (kite flying) to at least 10 children today and they did not even know what the games were," mentioned Paamaran. The match was once a useful game for the households, he added.
The match was once began in 1997. "Every year around 10 new couples join here for celebration," Paamaran mentioned. "We do not brand or boast about it," he added.
Writer and journalist Paamaran, who was once the organiser, mentioned folks have fun festivals like Pongal with their family or with folks from castes which they deem equal.
"But people who had married outside their caste or religion have no festivals. They usually give up celebrating festivals of both religions as a compromise," Paamaran mentioned, including that, "So we started holding this event."
The concept at the back of retaining the event on Pongal is that no faith can claim ownership of the harvest pageant, mentioned Paamaran. "A farmer could belong to any community or religion," he mentioned.
The couples and their family members accrued on the box and played traditional video games like goli gundu, pambaram, uri adithal, and kite flying. "The most important part of the event is where we taught traditional games to the children," mentioned Paamaran.
Children as of late are glued to computers and cellphones and aren't uncovered to out of doors video games. "We introduced pambaram and pattam (kite flying) to at least 10 children today and they did not even know what the games were," mentioned Paamaran. The match was once a useful game for the households, he added.
The match was once began in 1997. "Every year around 10 new couples join here for celebration," Paamaran mentioned. "We do not brand or boast about it," he added.
Here Pongal celebration transcends caste, religion
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