Bouts of fever and sore throat last week.
Runny nose, coughing non-stop with phlegm at my voice box this week.
Damn irritating as I'm losing sleep to coughing and feeling more stressed out especially waking up voiceless.
Due to this, I've missed out Thaipusam greeting and Lap Chun posting. Sigh!
Anyway, just a summary of these celebrations:
Thaipusam "Thaipoosam" (Tamil: தைப்பூசம், Taippūcam) is a
Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the
Tamil month of Thai (January/February). It is mainly observed in countries
where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India, Sri
Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, Guadalupe, Reunion, Indonesia, Thailand
and Myanmar.
The word Thaipusam is a combination of the name of the
month, Thai, and the name of a star, Pusam. This particular star is at its
highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates the occasion when
Parvati gave Murugan a Vel "spear" so he could vanquish the evil
demon Soorapadman. There is a misconception among people that Thaipusam marks
Murugan's birthday; however, it is believed that Vaikhasi Vishakam, which falls
in the Vaikhasi month (May/June), is Murugan's birthday.
You can read more of it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaipusam
Believe it or not, I have not been to Batu Caves and not even during the Thaipusam celebration as I worried about the crowd and also THE climb! LOL! Perhaps, 1 fine day when my guts dare to climb those flight of stairs!
The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24
solar terms (節氣).
Lìchūn (pīnyīn) or Risshun (rōmaji) (Chinese and Japanese: 立春;
Korean: 입춘; Vietnamese: Lập xuân; literally: "start of spring")
is the 1st solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude
of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in
particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of
315°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around February 4 and ends
around February 18 (February 19 East Asia time). It's also the beginning of a
Sexagenary cycle.
You can read more of it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichun
This is always associated with the egg standing stance as it seems eggs will only stand during this day. Not sure how true it is but it is always a wonderful experience trying to get the egg stand on this auspicious day yearly LOL!
This is always associated with the egg standing stance as it seems eggs will only stand during this day. Not sure how true it is but it is always a wonderful experience trying to get the egg stand on this auspicious day yearly LOL!
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