Pongal

It was so much fun celebrating pongal when we were kids....sweet memories...
the first day "boghi" would be so exciting because all of get up sharp at some 4.00am in the morning and start burning stuff, ....throwing things in to that big fire was a great thing to do ,me n my brother used to split up the stuff to be thrown in to fire equally but ultimately end up stealing from the other's quota!!

the next day,pongal....get up early in the morning get ready and wear pudhu sattai!!and walk around to just show off the new dress!!
Eat chakkara pongal,vadai made by mom and off to paatti's house to play with cousins ,Semma collection, when the elders in the family bless us and give us money,we d run home to save it in the piggy bank!!that too, to see who gets more money ultimately....

the next two days go by with all that hectic playing ,going out with parents......beach....good food etc etc....Atthai or chitappa used to take all of us ,the kutties to the TradeFair ,Temple etc ,used to be so much fun!!

All these days the kolam we put is very special.....me n my brother used to fight as to who will color which portion of the kolam....n ultimately we l end up fighting with atthai who should give us permission to color her beautiful kolam!!.
During every festival the pooja session is more entertaining because we l fight for things like who will handle the bell during the aarthi and who gets to do aarthi first!!!

the night before pongal amma puts beautiful arisimavu kolam in the hall with kaavi borders...the next morning the house looks bright an beautiful!!Also waiting impatiently for dad to break karumbu in to small pieces was fun!!
Every year we used to visit dad's relatives who were in to farming ,in the outskirts of Chennai,where we get to see the real pongal festivities.......
Good old days!!Festivals are always a nice way to enjoi!!