By Jenny Jeong
Seoul -August 12th
Introduction
Have you gone to the Onam Festival? You should go to that fun festival! There are lots of fun things to see. The festival is celebrated from August to September in the South Indian state of Kerala. Now I will tell more about the Oman festival.
Information
Vallamakali is a Snake Boat Race, held on the river called Pampa. It is a colourful sight to watch the decorated boat oared by hundreds of boatmen. People also make beautifully designed flower mats called ‘Pookalam’ in the front courtyard of the house to welcome King Mahabali. Onam celebrations at Thiruvanthapuram, Tricher and Kottayam are remarkable. They do a beautiful display of fireworks to tell the end of the festival. Dancers decorated in yellow, red and black, dance to the beats of instruments.
Onam legend
A long time ago, an Asura king named Mahabali ruled Kerala. He was a wise ruler and his popularity spread far. But Mahabali wanted to ruled the heavens and the neather world. Indra, the king of the gods did not want Mahabali to be so strong. So Indra changed into a dwarf. He asked Mahabali to give three spaces of land and Mahabali agreed. The first step, the dwarf covered the sky, second, he covered the neather world, and third, he stepped on Mahabali's head. And he sent Mahabali to the nether world. But before the dwarf sent Mahabali to the neather world, the dwarf gave him a boon so Mahabali could visit the kingdom every year. And Onam is the celebration that tells that Mahabali came.
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