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Sunday, September 07, 2014

#681 - Happy Onam to all. Emile's Onam gift to all

Sunday is Onam and so Happy Onam to everyone. To the uninitiated, a little background on the festival - thanks to Wikipedia and other sources.

Onam (Malayalam: ഓണം) is a festival celebrated by the people of the state of Kerala (where I hail from) in India.  It is also the State Festival of Kerala.
The festival falls during the Malayalam month of Chingam (Aug - Sep) and marks the commemoration of the 17th incarnation of Lord MahaVishnu namely Vamana (dwarf) and the subsequent homecoming of the mythical King Mahabali (lovingly called Maveli by Malayalees), who Malayalees consider as the ideal King. In Kerala, it is the festival celebrated with a variety of cultural elements such as Vallam Kali (boat race), Pulikkali (tiger dance), Pookkalam (decoration with flowers), Onathappan, Kazhchakkula,
Atthachamayam etc. Onam is reminiscent of Kerala's agrarian past, as it is considered to be a harvest festival.
While on the subject of agrarian past and harvest festivals, one cannot but think or talk about conservation and how it affects the indigenous peoples, when conservation is taken to the extreme levels, without a due thought process.
Tarzan, in this daily strip provided by Emile, gives us all a beautiful lesson on conservation, while not putting the life of the tribals in danger.






Download the original link from Emile here and enjoy.
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8 comments:

  1. ranjan gangopadhyay7 September 2014 at 06:32

    happy ONAM to Venkitachalam Subramanian & ALL ..............
    also thanks to both of you EMILE & Venkitachalam Subramanian for the TARZAN strip
    BTW r there any GARTH STRIP old OR NOW RERUNNING IN DAILY MIRROR FOR POSTING ........:):):):):):):)

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  2. Venkitachalam Subramanian7 September 2014 at 08:18

    I have given up collecting from Daily Mirror. They have not been able to publish one complete strip. Initially I wrote notes and comments, but soon gave up.

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  3. Venkitachalam Subramanian7 September 2014 at 08:19

    BTW, call me Venkit. Don't want u guys to develop RSI from just typing my name.:-)

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  4. AJAY7 September 2014 at 09:12

    Happy Onam to all

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  5. praveen11 September 2014 at 23:29

    Happy Onam to all. Thanks, Emile and Venkit for this post.

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  6. Vignesh G12 September 2014 at 12:19

    hi venkit can you please repost Frew 1250 or please send link to my mail address greatvickyinnovations@gmail.com

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  7. Vignesh G12 September 2014 at 12:19

    i expect your reply soon.please consider this

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  8. Ajnaabi18 September 2014 at 05:27

    GMail is acting up with me so i am unable to connect u.
    Thinking of dumping my past-future scans here.
    All are wellcome...
    https://comicsnostalgia.wordpress.com/

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