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தைப்பூசம்

taipusam

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  1. a festival celebrated by Tamil Hindus during the month of Thai (the 10th month of the Tamil calendar, around January and February). It is most well known for the carrying of the kavadi, a large, often well-decorated frame which is lined with a hundred or so spears and needles which pierce the carrier’s skin. During the festival, public roads are often lined with solemn processions of devout Hindus bearing their kavadi. The festival and month is one of the most important of the year for Tamil Hindus, and is seen as a time for sombre repentance and purification of the body.

    2. From 1973 to 2015, the playing of musical instruments on the streets during Thaipusam was banned due to fights that would occur between competing groups, which in turn, disrupted the procession.

    — 2017 January 24. Today, "23 music points along Thaipusam route this year". p.12

    Thaipusam is not a merrymaking festival and therefore it does not call for a "celebratory spirit" nor for "a certain amount of riotous behaviour" ...

    — 1991 February 11, P. Adistham. The New Paper, "Thaipusam a solemn festival". p.7


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2016, Bonny Tan. Singapore Infopedia (NLB) - Thaipusam