Onam festival is lovely; onam feast is even lovelier!
Onam festival is celebrated with gaiety and fervor by people of kerala. Onam festival is celebrated in the beginning of the first month of malyalam calender (kolla varsham) called chingam. Onam festival is celebrated for 10 days and to promote onam internationally, the government of kerala celebrates the festival time as tourist week in kerala.
This year onam festival is from 23rd august 2009 to 2nd september 2009. The tenth and the important day of onam festival is thiruvonam.
The onam festival is celebrated as the harvest celebrations of kerala as well as a welcome festival to the season of spring. Onam festival is celebrated in memory of king mahabali, the king of erstwhile kerala whose ruling is said to be the golden era of keralites.
One of the traditions of onam festival is performance of dance forms that are native to kerala. Another major attraction during onam festival is the snake boat race (vallamkali) conducted at river pampa in kerala. Numerous athapookalam, or floral carpets, a major highlight of onam festival is displayed during athachamayam. Another gala event of onam festival is the thrissur elephant procession.
Onam festival is the biggest festival in kerala. The onam festival is celebrated in kerala, india, by all malayalees regardless of religious differences and caste. Onam festival is an example of religious harmony and provides for family get-together.
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