Harvest festival Ponggal celebrated nationwide

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Malaysian Hindus nationwide celebrated Ponggal, the Tamil harvest festival, with traditional fervor and colorful festivities on Thursday (Jan 15), expressing gratitude for bountiful harvests and new beginnings.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysian Hindus nationwide celebrated Pongal, the Tamil Harvest Festival, with traditional

00:06fervor and colorful festivities on Thursday, expressing gratitude for bountiful harvests

00:11and new beginnings.

00:13The festival saw families across the country preparing the traditional sweet rice dish

00:18known as Pongal in clay pots, symbolizing prosperity and abundance for the year ahead.

00:25Devotees gathered at temples adorned with sugarcane stalks, banana plants, and vibrant kolam

00:31designs to perform prayers and offer thanksgiving to Surya, the sun god, for agricultural prosperity.

00:38The ceremonial cooking of Pongal in earthen pots culminated in the symbolic moment when

00:43the rice boiled over, signifying overflowing prosperity.

00:47Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in his Pongal message, extended warm wishes to

00:54the Indian community, acknowledging their significant contributions to the nation's multicultural

00:59fabric and economic development.

01:02Many devotees also used the occasion to strengthen family bonds, reconcile differences, and extend

01:08hospitality to neighbors of all communities, embodying Malaysia's harmonious multiracial society.

01:24But increase in time, the

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