AmaThamili – The Ulwazi Programme

I-Purtuassi eThekwini

Okuqukethwe Umsuka Indlela yokuzila Indlela yomthandazo wokuzila ukudla Izinzuzo ngokubuka i-Purtassi. Umsuka Minyaka yonke amaNdiya aseTamil emphakathini waseThekwini agubha ukuzila ukudla kusukela mhlaka 17 Septhemba kuze kube umhlaka 17 Okthoba, okuphawula ukuzila kwenyanga okubizwa ngokuthi ukuzilela iPurtassi. I-Purtassi igama lesiTamil elisho uSepthemba, ekhalendeni lesiTamil inyanga iqala ngosuku lwe-15 futhi ukuzila kwePurtassi kuqala ngokwenyanga namaplanethi. Kwakuyisiko … Read more

UMkhosi weMariamman eThekwini, KwaZulu Natali

Ngenkathi abantu baseNdiya behlala eThekwini eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu eyedlule, abagcinanga ngokuzijwayeza nezimo kepha baletha nemikhuba yabo yamasiko esasetshenziswa kakhulu nanamuhla. Umkhosi waminyaka yonke weMariamman Festival ungesinye sezibonelo ezinjalo. Ukuthokozela ukwehluka kwamasiko eThekwini ukukuqonda, futhi eThekwini sinenhlanhla eyanele yokufunda ngesiko lomunye nomunye njengoba sigcina futhi sihlanganyela kulamasiko. Kuwo wonke amasiko kunesiphakamiso sokubonga kumandla aphakeme aphethe futhi … Read more

The Mariamman Festival in Durban, KwaZulu Natal

When the Indian population settled in Durban more than a hundred years ago, they not only adapted but brought with them their own traditional and cultural practices which are still largely practiced today. The annual Mariamman Festival is one such example. To appreciate cultural diversity in Durban is to understand it, and in Durban we … Read more

Purtuassi in Durban

Contents Background The mythology for the fast The fasting prayer methodology Benefits from observing Purtassi. Background Every year the Tamil Indians in the Durban community observe a fast during the period from 17th September till the 17th of October, marking a month’s fast called the Purtassi fast. Purtassi is the Tamil word for September and … Read more