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Here is a brief essay about four days of Pongal festival and celebrations.
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Four Days Of Pongal
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Pongal is a harvest festival, which lasts for four days. It is
celebrated across India by different names. Pongal, a harvest
festival
is celebrated in the month of Shravan. Pongal literally means,
"boiling
over". The Tamil harvest festival is celebrated with decorated
cows, processions and decorative Rangoli. Pongal is a dish,
which is a
sweet porridge made from newly harvested rice and eaten by all,
even the
animals. Each day of this festival has a special significance
and
importance; however, it is celebrated more grandly and
elaborately in
the villages, while the city people mainly celebrate on the
only. It is widely celebrated in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and
Karnataka. The festival is celebrated for four days. On, the
Bhogi, the old clothes and materials are thrown away and fired,
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