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Did Pongal start on the stove before it became a festival? A deep dive into how a boiling pot of rice sparked one of India’s oldest harvest celebrations. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/lifestyle/pongal-origins-dish-festival-avrfflbb?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Pongal #ThaiPongal #PongalFestival #IndianHarvest #FestiveTraditions

Kirst Mason D'Raven Dec 11

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Mathrubhumi English Oct 12

Planning to shop or share this Dhanteras? Think twice before you lend these five common items https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/dhanteras-dont-lend-items-xt3g3pyo?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Dhanteras2025 #Diwali #LakshmiPuja #Wealth #FestiveTraditions

Global Museum Dec 15, 2024

#FestiveTraditions at #Hogmanay in Fetlar, Shetland in the early 1900s. Straw-clad guisers would go from house to house.
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Scran ::: Hogmanay straw-clad guisers, Fetlar, Shetland, early 1900s

Thomas Edmondston, writing in the 1860s noted: 'Straw suits are still, in some parts of the Shetland islands, worn by the peasantry in order to disguise themselves when going from house to house at Ha [...]

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cashinmortgages Dec 9, 2024

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐲!🎄

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