and fostering an inclusive National identity that recognises and celebrates Sri Lanka’s cultural diversity. The Thai Pongal festival is celebrated with the primary objective of offering the first ...

Let us celebrate the Thai Pongal Festival with ebullience. The writer is a Life Transformational Coach and an Inspirational Speaker and Writer. He is a former President of the Youth League for ...

The Thai Pongal festival, also known as the "Harvest Festival," is observed ... coexistence—both within society and with the environment. At a time when Sri Lanka has embarked on the transformative ...

Deniyaya (AsiaNews) – Thai Pongal, one of the most important ... in churches in the hill country of Sri Lanka’s Southern Province. The festival, which celebrates the harvest and thanks the ...

This year's festival is unique as it takes place in Hatton - a town steeped in the heritage of the Indian-origin Tamil community of Sri Lanka. Thai Pongal, A Harvest Festival For Tamils arrow-down ...

THAI PONGAL is a vibrant celebration of harvest and renewal, celebrated with distinctive customs by Tamil communities worldwide. In Sri Lanka, the festival takes on unique characteristics ...

The Thai Pongal Festival, commemorating Thai Pongal Day which fell on ... This historic event marked the first time the Parliament of Sri Lanka organized a Thai Pongal celebration, highlighting the ...

The central part of the festival is the sharing of Pongal, a symbolic dish prepared from newly harvested rice. "The main food for Thai Pongal is actually sweet rice. Usually, back in Sri Lanka ...

Every January, the streets of Kelaniya resound with the cracking of whips, rhythmic sounds of traditional Sri ... Thai Pongal reinforces the custom of thanksgiving to the sun god. ON the festival ...