Kuphi i-Pongal ngo-2018, ngo-2019, ngo-2020?
I-Pongal ibhiyozelwa ngexesha elifanayo ngonyaka, ekuqaleni kwenyanga yesiTamil, isiThai. Umthendeleko uqala ngoJanuwari 13 okanye ngo-14 kwaye uqhubeka kwiintsuku ezine.
- Ngo-2018, imihla yokuPongal ngoJanuwari 13-16. Imikhosi emikhulu iyenzeka ngoJanuwari 14 (obizwa ngokuba nguSurya Pongal okanye iThai Pongal). Bona ikhalenda.
- Ngo-2019, imihla yokuPongal i-14-17. Imikhosi emikhulu iqhubeka ngoJanuwari 15.
- Ngowe-2020, imihla yePongal i-14-17. Imikhosi emikhulu iqhubeka ngoJanuwari 15.
Iingxelo zePongal Iinkcukacha ezipheleleyo
Ukubaluleka kwentsuku nganye yeentlanganiso zePongal kulandelayo:
- UBhogi Pandigai (ngoJanuwari 13, 2018) - iwa ngomhla wokugqibela wenyanga kaMargazhi kwikhalenda yeTamil. Eli thuba lihlonipha unkulunkulu wezulu, i-Indra, ngokubonelela ngemvula eyaneleyo yokuvuna. I- puja ekhethekileyo yenziwa ngaphambi kokuvuna. Abalimi banqula ilanga nomhlaba ngokugcoba izixhobo zabo nge-sandalwood paste. Usuku luye lwazinikezelwa ekucoceni indlu kunye nokuqokelela izinto ezingafunekiyo, eziye zatshitshiswa emlilweni owenziwe ngomthi nangomlongwe wenkomo omisiweyo. Oku kufuzisela ukukrazula imikhwa emibi, izibizo kunye neziqhotyoshelweyo. Abantu bapenda amakhaya abo kwaye bahombise umnyango nge- kolam (rangoli).
- I-Surya Pongal / i-Thai Pongal (ngoJanuwari 14, 2018) - iwela ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesiThai kwikhalenda yeTamil. Ihambelana noMakar Sankranti, umthendeleko wokuvunwa kwasebusika owawubhiyozelwa kulo lonke elaseIndiya, elibonisa ukuqala kwenyanga yeenyanga ezintandathu ezihamba ngasentla (ixesha le-Uttarayanam) kunye nesimo sezulu eshushu. Esi sihlandlo sidumisa unkulunkulu welanga, uSurya, ngokubonelela ukufudumala okwaneleyo kunye namandla okuvuna. Imithendeleko ibandakanya ukulungiswa kwesitya sePongal, esinikelwa ilanga kwaye sabelana nabathandekayo. Yenziwe, ibhekane nokuphakama kwelanga ukuya empuma, ngokubilisa irayisi yokuqala yonyaka kunye nobisi kunye noshukela. Ukugqwesa kukuthi xa isitya sisitshabalalisa ngexesha lokupheka, ukubonakalisa ubuninzi.
- UMattu Pongal (ngoJanuwari 15, 2018) - unikezelwa ekunquleleni iinkomo, ezibonelela ngoncedo olufunekayo kumafama kummandla nobisi ukusela. Iinkomo zihlamba kwaye zihlotshiswe ngamagquma, amanzi ajikelezayo kunye nopende kwiimpondo zawo. Banikezelwa umthendeleko okhethekileyo (kubandakanywa isidlo sePongal) kwaye bavunyelwe ukuphumla usuku. Imidlalo yemveli ye- jallikattu (uhlobo lwenkunzi yokulwa nenkunzi) inxalenye ebalulekileyo yomthendeleko kwaye iyenzeka kwimizana yaseTamil Nadu. Nangona kunjalo, le mihla iya kuba yinto enxamnye neengxaki ngenxa yokungavumi kwizentsha zamalungelo ezilwanyana, ezifuna ukuba zivinjelwe.
- I-Katya Pongal (ngoJanuwari 16, 2018) - Ukutyalwa kweentaka (ikakhulukazi izilwanyana) kuthathwa njengento enomdla namhlanje. Abasetyhini banikela iintaka ezikhethiweyo zeerayisi ezinqabileyo ezibizwa ngokuba yiKaka Pudi Kannu Pudi, kwaye bathandazela ukuhlala kwabazalwana babo. Le mini yaziwa nangokuthi yi-Kaanum Pongal. "I-Kaanum" ithetha ukubona, kwaye ngumhla wokuzonwabisa ogujwa ngokuphuma kunye nabahlobo kunye nezihlobo.
Olongezelelweyo Ngomkhosi wePongal
Fumana okunye malunga nomthendeleko wePongal uze ubone imifanekiso yendlela iPongal egujwa ngayo kule fomati yegalari yezithombe.