What is Pongal Festival? I did not know until today, and I just happened to stumbled upon it when I went to Little India this afternoon. In all honesty, I just wanted to walk around and take some pictures, and Little India fits the bill. When I reached the Little India MRT station, I simply took the nearest exit I could find, and walked with the flow. Near to Campbell Road, that was where I came across the festivities.
The first thing I noticed, were the beautiful flowers that were strung together, I suppose you hang them around your neck. As I took a picture of them, the shop keeper grinned at me and said, “Nice ah?” and I replied with a thumbs up, “Very nice!”
Cows and goats! They were fenced in by gates, and there were many people watching them. Kids were rather fascinated by the animals. There was a Canon user there too, taking pictures of the animals. He looked at me with apparent disdain when I flashed my D90. Pfffftttt…
With flowers hanging from strings across the street, it was so colorful. Other than flowers, there are stalls selling all sorts of goods.
Little India is a quaint place. You can find some interesting pubs and budget hostels around the area.
I gave myself a little pat on the back – not a bad way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon.
If you really want to know what is Pongal, head over to Pongalfestival.org.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Nice pictures! Oh … the cow, the green ground! Today is the Festival of Harvest I think.
January 15th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Lol Wilfrid, the animals were quite cute. Sort of the main attractions really.