phagwah

[madsuya]

Phagwah is religious festival celebrated by Hindus....Holi is the start of spring in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month (feb/Mar)...its celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and coloured water (abeer) at each other..we celebrate wit the pitchacree an chawtal competition in chaguanuas an Aranguase

 

[madsuya]

Phagwa takes place on March 11, celebrates the triumph of good over evil..Phagwa celebrations take place at the Aranguez Savannah..The fifth annual chowtal singing competition takes place this Sunday at the Dattatreya Temple in Carapichaima. Singers will be rewarded with sunstantial cash prizes; a far cry, from the days when chowtal singers used to receive a soap dish as a token of appreciation...the event is schedlued to start at 1 p.m.
Even though the National Phagwa Council prides itself in raising prize money, organising various cultural events and keeping the tradition alive....a lot more can be done by the government especially when other organisations have been generously assisted during the Carnival period.

 

[madsuya]

Priya Poorai... Pavitra Jaimungal
Jagdeo Phagoo.... Shavan Phagoo
Daykaliya Ramnanan.... Tara Ramkumar
Ryan Ruben... Kamaldai Ramkissoon
Cristal Ruben.... Mukesh Babooram
Reena Teelucksingh.... Mohip Poonwasie
Lynn Khan Mohammed.... Nirmal Ramdass Singh
Savatri Jagdeo.... Toolsie Ramdass Singh

16 finalist will b entering d Pichakaree competition on March 11th at d Hindu Kendra, Ragoonanan road, Enterprise from 2pm.....d public is invited...buh doh bring no alcohol...games as Ranga Barase, Human Pyramid, Maakhan Chor an others....see u dere!!!

 

[LadyDeath]

Please pick me up madsuya if u going i always wanted to join in the festivities but never had the chance to go

 

[kingfish]

oye yoe phagwa doh make joke is madness this year! some oh meh friends carry me for the first time to play and i had to admit it was really fun

 

[madsuya]

When Indian indentured labourers arrived in Trinidad aboard the SS Fatal Razack on May 30, 1845, they brought with them their religion, culture and traditions....The sugar estates and plantations provided no place of worship but our ancestors who revere nature used rivers, ponds and other such natural spots to create altars (bedi), upon which offerings were made and Sanskrit prayers chanted. In addition to Sanatan Dharma or Hinduism which they practised, they also brought with them their cultural traditions. Divali, Ramleela, Kartik, Shivraatri and Phagwa are now cultural celebrations that reach beyond the Hindu community.....
The festival of Holi is also associated with the enduring love between Lord Krishna (an incarna- tion of Vishnu) and Radha. According to legend, the young Krishna complained to his mother Yashoda about why Radha was so fair and he so dark......Yashoda advised him to apply colour on Radha's face and see how her complexion would change......
The Phagwa celebrations are spread over four major events on the following places: Burning Holika (bonfire)........Tunapuna Hindu Schools Grounds; Parvati Girls Hindu College, Debe; Narayan Madhavan Mandir, Toco Road......Tunapuna Hindu Schools Grounds. General Phagwa:various venues. Chowtal Sammelan (singing of holy songs) at the Maha Sabha Headquarters on the Saturday for schools, and at the Parvati Girls Hindu College, Debe, on the Sunday for adults........
this yr phagwa will b held tis mth end.......