Chitchainizi (Chosavuta Kumva)
Pongal ndi chikondwerero chotchuka chotchedwa Tamil Nadu chomwe chimasonyeza kuti dzuwa limabwerera kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi. Zimakondwera ndi changu chochuluka, mofanana ndikuthokoza ku America. Chikondwererochi ndi chofunikira chifukwa chiwerengero cha boma chikudalira ulimi kuti apange ndalama, ndipo dzuwa ndilofunika kukula bwino. Pongalima kwenikweni amatanthawuza "kutentha pamwamba" kapena "kutaya pamwamba" mu Tamil, kusonyeza kuchuluka ndi kupindula.
Kodi Pongal ndi liti?
Chikondwerero chimakondweredwa nthawi yomweyo chaka chilichonse, kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa Chitamilugu, Thai. Nthawi zonse imayamba pa January 13 kapena 14. Mu 2018, Pongal ikuchitika kuyambira pa 13 mpaka 13. Zikondwerero zazikulu zimachitika pa January 14.
Kodi Chikondwererochi chiri kuti?
Pongalande amapezeka kumwera kwa India, makamaka m'chigawo cha Tamil Nadu.
Kodi Zimakondwerera bwanji?
Pa tsiku loyamba (Pongombe la Bhogi), nyumba zimatsukidwa bwino ndi zokongoletsedwa. Zipatazo zimakongoletsedwa ndi rangoli ( kolam ). Mukhoza kuona kolams zokongola m'misewu paliponse, m'mawa kwambiri! Anthu amagula zovala zatsopano ndikusamba mafuta. Pa chikondwererochi, mabanja amasonkhana kuti azichita phwando ndi kuvina.
Zokopa zapamwamba pa tsiku lachitatu ndi lachinayi la Pongal zomwe zimakhala nkhondo ndi zipolopolo za mbalame, makamaka Jallikattu ku Madurai. Komabe, pakhala pali kukakamiza kwakukulu kuti zisawononge zochitika izi zaka zaposachedwapa. Komabe, ng'ombeyo imamenyana ku Madurai ikadali malo okongola kwambiri.
Jallikattu ikuchitika m'midzi yonse kudera la boma.
Ngati muli ku Chennai sabata isanafike Pongalande, musaphonye Chikondwerero cha Mylapore chomwe chikuchitikira kumeneko.
Kodi Ndi Zikhalidwe Ziti Zomwe Zimapangidwira Panthawi Yachiwawa?
Pa tsiku lalikulu la Pongal ( tsiku lachiwiri, lotchedwa Surya Pongal kapena Thai Pongal), dzuwa la Mulungu limapembedzedwa.
Tsikuli likufanana ndi Makar Sankranti, chikondwerero cha nyengo yokolola m'nyengo yozizira ku India, chomwe chimayambira kuyamba kwa ulendo wa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kumpoto ndi nyengo yotentha. Anthu amasonkhananso m'nyumba zawo kuti aziphika chakudya cha Pongal. Zaperekedwa kwa dzuwa la Mulungu panthawi ya mapemphero, ndipo kenako adatumikira masana.
Tsiku lachitatu (Mattu Pongal), limadzipereka kupembedza ziweto, makamaka ng'ombe - ndipo zimakongoletsedwera nthawiyi! Alimi ambiri akugwiritsabe ntchito ng'ombe, ng'ombe zamphongo, ndi zipangizo zamakono zolima. Zikondwerero zoterezi zimachitika m'misewu. Ku Thanjavur, eni akuyang'anira ng'ombe zawo kuti adzalandire ku Tchalitchi chachikulu.
Pa tsiku lachinai (Kanya Pongal), mbalame zimapembedzedwa. Mipira ya mpunga yophika imakonzedwa ndipo imasiyidwa kuti mbalame idye. Anthu amathokozanso mabanja ndi abwenzi awo kuti awathandize pa nthawi yokolola. Masiku ano amakondwerera ngati tsiku la banja.
Kodi Pongal Dish ndi chiyani?
Mbali yofunika kwambiri ya phwando la Pongal ikuphika mbale ya Pongal. Vutoli limapangidwa ndi mpunga wothira moong daal, ndipo amaphika ndi mtedza, mtedza, zoumba, ndi zonunkhira. Palinso phokoso lokoma la pongal lotchedwa Sakkarai kuimba. Zimapangidwa ndi jaggery (mtundu wa shuga wosadulidwa) mmalo mwa zonunkhira.
Mphunoyi imaphikidwa m'miphika ya dongo, pamapiko opangidwa ndi miyala ndi nkhuni zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mafuta. Mukayamba kuphika, aliyense akufuula "pongalo pongal". Miphika yokongoletsedwa yokongola imagulitsidwa m'misika yonse ku Tamil Nadu yomwe ikutsogolera ku phwando.
Onani zithunzi za momwe Pongal imakondwerera mu Nyumba ya Mafilimu ya Pongal.