Thaipusam

Thaipusam (Tamil: தைப்பூசம்) is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. This year, Thaipusam was celebrated on 1 February 2007.

The following pictures were taken on the day before Thaipusam. It was the day for the coconut breaking.

-the best coconut i can find-

-you see the coconut? all taken in the picture has a total of 1150 coconuts-

-me-

-kavadi-

-dad breaking the cococnut-

-this is how you clean the coconut-

-the three stooges cleaning the road-

-what is this called? can anyone help?-

So.. Next year who wana follow? Inform me earlier ya...