Today is Vishu

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.