Hello everyone,
Come dasshera/navarathri (नवरात्री) and in the southern part of India, you will be welcomed with dolls kept in well arranged shelves, it is called Kolu. Though auspicious, I think the major role of the Kolu is to meet and greet people, sing songs, play beautiful rhythms and enjoy the 9 days of togetherness.
I am an ardent fan of the kolu season, and as it comes nearer, I go around in search of more and more beautiful dolls. The dolls vary from the famous Dasavatharam, Ashta Lakshmi (eight lakshmi - hindu goddess), the famous Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana with Hanuman, Lord Balaji and Thayar, etc. These dolls also depict the lovely stories that we have heard from our grandmothers.
I have a beautiful daughter who is 5 now. She loves the kolu season as well. She loves to decorate the kolu, and dress up in traditional outfits. Being 5, she is at the most curious stage of her life, she is full of energy to know the story behind each doll that I buy.
The questions that she asks makes me search wiki and other online articles to be able to tell her the meaning that each doll has. Somehow these days, I believe parents also take out time to tell their kids the real thing, and not just something made up. I don't see any parent tell his kid, "This is how it is, I don't know the reason behind this". With information floating all over, each parent takes the extra effort to get to know things themselves and then narrate to their kids.
One such curiosity filled me with the thought to blog down things that my daughter asks, so that I can help some of the parents to answer the beautiful questions their kids ask.
My next continuation is the Mythological Dasavatharam. I am presently gathering information to get to know most of the facts about the ten avatars of the Lord Vishnu. The other day, when my daughter asked me the question, I was googling for Dasavatharam and to my surprise, I noticed that what we first get in the internet is Kamal Hassan's Dasavatharam movie released in 2008. I had to jot down an article to explain to her what each doll is.
Come and join me in this and suggest items that I can include. I would be glad to know your thoughts as I jot down. Check out an image of Kolu, so you can relate to what I am talking about
Gracias( Thank you in Spanish) :)
Come dasshera/navarathri (नवरात्री) and in the southern part of India, you will be welcomed with dolls kept in well arranged shelves, it is called Kolu. Though auspicious, I think the major role of the Kolu is to meet and greet people, sing songs, play beautiful rhythms and enjoy the 9 days of togetherness.
I am an ardent fan of the kolu season, and as it comes nearer, I go around in search of more and more beautiful dolls. The dolls vary from the famous Dasavatharam, Ashta Lakshmi (eight lakshmi - hindu goddess), the famous Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana with Hanuman, Lord Balaji and Thayar, etc. These dolls also depict the lovely stories that we have heard from our grandmothers.
I have a beautiful daughter who is 5 now. She loves the kolu season as well. She loves to decorate the kolu, and dress up in traditional outfits. Being 5, she is at the most curious stage of her life, she is full of energy to know the story behind each doll that I buy.
The questions that she asks makes me search wiki and other online articles to be able to tell her the meaning that each doll has. Somehow these days, I believe parents also take out time to tell their kids the real thing, and not just something made up. I don't see any parent tell his kid, "This is how it is, I don't know the reason behind this". With information floating all over, each parent takes the extra effort to get to know things themselves and then narrate to their kids.
One such curiosity filled me with the thought to blog down things that my daughter asks, so that I can help some of the parents to answer the beautiful questions their kids ask.
My next continuation is the Mythological Dasavatharam. I am presently gathering information to get to know most of the facts about the ten avatars of the Lord Vishnu. The other day, when my daughter asked me the question, I was googling for Dasavatharam and to my surprise, I noticed that what we first get in the internet is Kamal Hassan's Dasavatharam movie released in 2008. I had to jot down an article to explain to her what each doll is.
Come and join me in this and suggest items that I can include. I would be glad to know your thoughts as I jot down. Check out an image of Kolu, so you can relate to what I am talking about
Gracias( Thank you in Spanish) :)
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