Today is another New Year
It’s called Tamil New Year
It may start in April each year
Similar to the financial year
But it has more meaning
Than the financial situation, I fear
It is a year that I get to be weaning
Away from my past and its meaning
A new year only for the people
Who speak a language full of meaning
A language with an inner and outer meaning
Which takes you within to a world
Of your own doing and undoing
A language that is not so cold
And a people who are so bold
Together nurturing a culture so old
But I am boring you with things better untold
So let me just cut it short and clear
And wish you a happy Tamil New Year
Today, the 14th of April is celebrated as the dawn of a New Year in many South and
Southeast Asian cultures and is celebrated on the sidereal vernal equinox. The
various New Year Celebrations on this day are listed below:
- Assamese New Year, or Rongali Bihu (in India's Assam Valley)
- Bengali New Year, or Pohela Boishakh (in Bangladesh and India's West Bengal state)
- Burmese New Year, or Thingyan (in Burma)
- Khmer New Year, or Chol Chnam Thmey, most commonly celebrated on April 13 (in Cambodia)
- Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April (in Laos)
- Maithili New Year, Jude-Sheetal (in India's Mithila and Nepal)
- Malayali New Year, or Vishu (in India's Kerala state)
- Nepali New Year, or Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek (in Nepal)
- Oriya New Year, or Maha Visuba Sankranthi (in India's Odisha state)
- Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu (in Sri Lanka)
- Tamil New Year, or Puthandu (in India's Tamil Nadu state and in parts of Sri Lanka as well as Singapore)
- Thai New Year, or Songkran, celebrated from 13 to 15 April (in Thailand)
- Tuluva New Year, or Bisu (in India's Karnataka state)
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