Today is
Vishu
Vishu
signifies the Malayalee new year where every year we welcome the new year with
happiness and prosperity by seeing everything nice we wish for ourselves for
the next year. So we keep a vishu Kanni.
According to
wikepedia and my memories of childhood rice,Golden cucumber,Coconut,Jack Fruit,Kanmashi,Betel
leaves,Kani Konna,Arecanut,Metal mirror,Holy texts,Coins and currency notes are
arranged in a Uruli and vilakku is kept.
I love the
traditional festivals and how it helps to bring joy and happiness and a break
from the monotony of life. And hence every year despite the pains I want to
make sure we celebrate all our little festivals in the best possible way. Hence
I am keen we have a kanni and a full fledged Sadya however hard it maybe . I
want my son to have the same kind of memories that I had of in my childhood
about Vishu.
I enjoyed
arranging the kanni with the parents and grandmother and awaiting eagerly for
the vishu kaineetham and also helping out in making the elaborate sadya every
year. Though it is extremely difficult to build the same kind of experience
here in UK, I don’t want to regret not to have tried at all.
He asked me
what is Vishu amma ? I told him that it is the first day of the year for a Malayalee
. He thought for a while and said oh you mean its my star birthday tomorrow!!
Oh well , maybe I am not there yet in terms of explaining about the festival
fully but atleast he is excited and looking forward to it.
