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Seva Lamberdar
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by TruthSeeker Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:40 pm
Happy Diwali to you and yours, and everyone on this site.
Best wishes for your happiness, peace, and joy.
Its been the most quiet Diwali for me in many years, hopefully it will change on Sat.
Regards,
TS.
Best wishes for your happiness, peace, and joy.
Its been the most quiet Diwali for me in many years, hopefully it will change on Sat.
Regards,
TS.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Guest Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:41 pm
Is the picture showing up? It is showing up sometimes for me. sometimes it's not.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:39 pm
today is solar eclipse - new moon is a MUST. So Deepavali HAS to be today.
not yesterday.
not yesterday.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:47 am
Everyday is a Deepavali for me Upps. So dates don't matter.Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:today is solar eclipse - new moon is a MUST. So Deepavali HAS to be today.
not yesterday.
Anyway, a happy Deepavali to you again!
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:48 am
Kinns. Your pic isn't showing up.
Upps. We did pooja yesterday around 7:15 pm (based on India time which was supposed to be 6-7:12 but we were running late as usual). Then we talked to XH's aunt who said they did it at 8 pm coz that's after the eclipse going away. I knew nothing about the eclipse. But anyway she said anytime after 7:00 pm was fine.
Upps. We did pooja yesterday around 7:15 pm (based on India time which was supposed to be 6-7:12 but we were running late as usual). Then we talked to XH's aunt who said they did it at 8 pm coz that's after the eclipse going away. I knew nothing about the eclipse. But anyway she said anytime after 7:00 pm was fine.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:54 am
It's not showing up even the second time that i uploaded it? jeez! It's the pic of Obama and his family in traditional south indian attire (Obama in veshti, michelle in saree, kids in dhavanis/onis) and the wishing 'Happy Diwali' in both english and tamil. An LOL pic.Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Kinns. Your pic isn't showing up.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:15 am
i can see it:Kinnera wrote:It's not showing up even the second time that i uploaded it? jeez! It's the pic of Obama and his family in traditional south indian attire (Obama in veshti, michelle in saree, kids in dhavanis/onis) and the wishing 'Happy Diwali' in both english and tamil. An LOL pic.Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Kinns. Your pic isn't showing up.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by southindian Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:02 am
I can see Obama and family in chrome
NICE PHOTOSHOP
LOL
NICE PHOTOSHOP
LOL
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by southindian Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:05 am
Except the face everything else is fake. Somebody drew those Michelle's hands. LOL
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by confuzzled dude Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:14 pm
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:today is solar eclipse - new moon is a MUST. So Deepavali HAS to be today.
not yesterday.
This Nepali custom of decorating cow might be similar to (South) Indian ritual where the horns of cows/buffaloes smeared with red and silver paints during solar eclipse.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by goodcitizn Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:19 pm
I don't know about decorating cows in South India during Deepavali but I do have fond memories from my boyhood days in Madurai where my grandmother would get us boys involved in painting the horns of the two cows we had at home during Pongal (Harvest Festival) on January 15th or thereabouts each year.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by confuzzled dude Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:29 pm
Custom I was talking about was during an eclipse, reasoning behind that was demons despised red color thus will stay away from the cattle, don't remember whether they painted all or only pregnant cattle.goodcitizn wrote:I don't know about decorating cows in South India during Deepavali but I do have fond memories from my boyhood days in Madurai where my grandmother would get us boys involved in painting the horns of the two cows we had at home during Pongal (Harvest Festival) on January 15th or thereabouts each year.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Guest Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:30 pm
Saw Upps' pics now.... reminded me how we used to play the game of lining up and running under buffaloes one by one. Cows were a little scarier as they were fidgety. So only a few kids could go at a time. Buffaloes didn't care.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by goodcitizn Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:19 pm
Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Saw Upps' pics now.... reminded me how we used to play the game of lining up and running under buffaloes one by one. Cows were a little scarier as they were fidgety. So only a few kids could go at a time. Buffaloes didn't care.
Cows are not fidgety around kids they know. I don't know much about buffalos except for a couple in SUCH.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Guest Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:25 am
goodcitizn wrote:Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Saw Upps' pics now.... reminded me how we used to play the game of lining up and running under buffaloes one by one. Cows were a little scarier as they were fidgety. So only a few kids could go at a time. Buffaloes didn't care.
Cows are not fidgety around kids they know. I don't know much about buffalos except for a couple in SUCH.
Those were not anyone of our cows. Behind my house there was a little open area lined by a dozen or so very small houses; and a small tree in the center that turned into a temple over time. That little area is where I played with those kids. Thinking of it, not sure whose cows they were except that they were brought in the area for whatever little grazing they could do.
The cows were mostly calm. We used to grab their tails and brush it over our hair coz someone said if you do that you get lush hair. One of my friends did that a lot and her hair turned partial gray (she was just a kid!), so I thought maybe it's coz the cows tail is also salt and pepper.
Anyway, we used to run under cows too. But once a cow moved (jumped in surprise) after a 7th or 8th kid went under it. Freaked me out. After that I still went once or twice but decided it was too much adventure for me.
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by goodcitizn Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:07 am
Beatrix Kiddo wrote:The cows were mostly calm. We used to grab their tails and brush it over our hair coz someone said if you do that you get lush hair. One of my friends did that a lot and her hair turned partial gray (she was just a kid!), so I thought maybe it's coz the cows tail is also salt and pepper.
LOL, I didn't know about such a superstition!
The cows we had didn't have salt and pepper tails. My grandmother was against breeding our cows with Holstein bulls although people were doing that to improve milk production. Ours were the traditional breeds, Ongole and Kangayam, if I remember. The funny anecdote I remember is my grandmother saying she didn't want her cows looking like the atlas, refering to the patches on Holstein hybrids!
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Re: Happy Diwali!
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:21 pm
Kayalvizhi wrote:
This is like the Satan wishing "merry Christmas"
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