Vaikasi Visakam
Vaikasi Visakam is one of the most important festivals amongst the Tamil people all over the world. It is the birth anniversary of Lord Murugan, who took birth only to put an end to adharma and to uphold righteousness and finish off all evil demonic forces. The Vaikasi Visakam is also an important day for the Vaishnavites and the Buddhists too. For the Vaishnavites it celebrates Periyalvar's jayanti and to the Buddhists, it is the birth anniversary, the day of enlightenment and the parinirvana, or final end of Gautama Buddha.
The Vaikasi Visakam falls on the 14th Nakshatra out of the 27 Nakshatras, in the second month of the Tamil calendar, the Visakam on a full moon or a pournami day. Thus the day was in the Tamil month of
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Lord Muruga is believed to be the youngest son born to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Lord Ganesha is his brother. The other names that Lord Muruga is credited with are -Lord Senthil, Lord Kumaran, Lord Subramanyam and Lord Shanmugam. He has six faces with which he can keep a view of all the directions, like - East, West, North, South, Heaven and hell. Thus there is practically nothing that can escape Lord Murugan’s …show more content…
These 3 brothers had amassed great power by praying to the Gods and by intense penance. However, they in order to establish their own rule in the 3 worlds started harassing the Gods. The Gods, helpless finally went to Lord Shiva to appeal for help. Hearing the plea of the Gods, Lord Shiva made 6 sparks emit from his forehead, which filled the entire world with a divine luster. These sparks were carried off by Agni and Vayu to the Ganges, which pushed them inside the lake Lake Saravanai. This lake was filled with lotuses and reeds. The six sparks inside the lake took the form of six celestial children and were nursed and cared for by six kartika maidens. These six children then were embraced and welcomed by the Divine Mother, where after they became One with six faces and twelve hands. This is how Lord shanmugam was born. The six faces of Muruga is said to represent body, breath, senses, mind, intelligence and ego.
Because he is known by many names, Lord Murugan has many avatars also. As Murugan, he is young and handsome, as Subramanyan he is the su-Brahmanya or the good all pervading spirit,. He is the commander-in-chief and sits on a peacock with a Vel as a weapon in his hand. He is also sometimes represented with his two divine consorts known as Devayani and Valli. As Lord Guhan, he stays in the deep dark of one’s heart. As Saravanabavan, he had come
One symbol is the snake that symbolizes wickedness and evil and is a recurring symbol throughout the story. In the beginning of the story, we find Sykes scaring Delia with a bullwhip knowing it resembles a snake that induces terror in Delia. “Just then something long, round, limp, and black fell upon her shoulders and slithered to the floor beside her. A great terror took hold of her.” (564). Sykes was on a crusade to rid himself of his wife. He uses snakes to intimidate Delia, and the snake becomes more agitated and deadly as it grows hungrier; a sign of coming drama. “Look in de box dere Delia, Ah done brung yah somethin’!” (569). ”You take dat rattlesnake’ way from heah!” After Delia entered the house and
Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, his family and Friends. Dr. Karenga, a professor of African-American History at CSU, Long Beach, was effected by the Watts Riots of the summer of 1965. He felt that African-Americans had lost touch with their African heritage. He began to study ways that they could help themselves and each other. Dr. Karenga wanted to unify his people and instill a pride in their joint culture. He felt that there should be a special time of the year set aside to reflect upon and reaffirm the black community. He studied the harvest and "first fruit" celebrations on many African tribes, and although they all celebrated differently there were similarities in many ways. These similarities are some of what Dr. Karenga incorporated into the celebration of Kwanzaa. Even the name for this celebration was taken from Swahili, which is a nontribal language spoken in many parts of Africa. Kwanza in Swahili (AKA Kiswahili) means "the first" or "the first fruits of the harvest". Dr. Karenga added the final "a" to distinguish the holiday from the Swahili word.
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One symbol that shows evil is the Beast. To give an offering to the beast, Jack placed a pig’s head on the stick. The beast represents the evil on the island, the beast puts fear into everyone on the island. From this part of the book Golding uses the beast and the symbol of the pig’s head to illustrate the devil in the book and how much evil there is, and how evil is residing in everyone. The conch represents democracy within themselves. It helps to keep the balance between the good and evil, but jack gets rid of the conch to make his own rule and he wants to keep all the power to himself so that no one else can rule. Piggy’s glasses represent the good and the clear-sightedness in the novel, and it also shows the intelligence that he has. Piggy’s glasses represent the political allegory as a wise advisor who has lots of knowledge.
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There were many festivals in the Yup’ik culture but few of them we know today.
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...ons. He shows everyone the meaning of the world that lies ahead of them, and the different ways to approach them. Blake effectively displays the different perspectives of man's path in life by his use of contrasting figures and the symbolism it conveys. The tiger may represent man's original state of sin and the qualities that portray it while the lamb symbolizes the innocence and purity brought along with its creation. Everyone’s knowledge is symbolic.
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