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Valaikaapu. Valaikaappu (Tamil: வளைகாப்பு) (Malayalam: വളക്കാപ്പ്) is a prenatal ceremony or celebration similar to baby-shower, held by South Indian women in Tamil Nadu, a few parts of Kerala, and Telangana, meant to bless a pregnant woman, celebrate her fertility, and prepare the baby and mother-to-be for ...
Typically, the person is given an extensive oil-bath early in the morning and subsequently made to drink glasses of tender coconut water which results in kidney failure, high fever, fits, and death within a day or two.
It is similar to the baby shower ritual observed in other parts of the world. In many Tamil Brahmin Iyer families, the mother-to-be wears a black saree for this ritual. Black is usually not allowed for any good occasion but this is a special occasion that asks for a black saree. It is also called as "masakai karuppu" meaning yearning for black.
Vishu (Malayalam: വിഷു) is a Hindu festival [ 1] celebrating the Malayali [ 2] New Year [ 3][ 4] in Kerala, Tulu Nadu, and Mahe of India. [ 5] Vishu falls on the first day of the month of Medam in the Malayalam Calendar [ 6] (April 14 or 15 in the Gregorian calendar ). [ 7] It is the traditional new year, while the Kollam era calendar ...
Tinai. In Tamil poetics, tinai ( Tamil: திணை tiṇai "land", "genre", "type") is a type of poetical mode or theme. A thinai consists of a complete poetical landscape - a definite time, place, season in which the poem is set - and background elements characteristic of that landscape - including flora and fauna, inhabitants, deities and ...
Pann. PaN ( Tamil: பண்) is the melodic mode used by the Tamil people in their music since the ancient times. The ancient pans over centuries evolved first into a pentatonic scale. But from the earliest times, Tamil Music is heptatonic and known as ēḻisai (ஏழிசை). [1]
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The Tamil calendar is a sidereal solar calendar. [209] The Tamil Panchangam is based on the same and is generally used in contemporary times to check auspicious times for cultural and religious events. [210] The calendar follows a 60-year cycle. [211]