Karthika –a beautiful night of lamp-lighting–was celebrated here tonight. A Tamil festival, Karthika arrives very close to the Winter Solstice, when Mother Nature Herself invites us to remember that–as individuals and as a vast human family– we have the power to leave darkness behind.
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Here in Kerala, South India, the agni-boosting qualities of this thin, spicy soup are relied upon at large wedding and other celebratory meals. (Toward the end of the meal, as you lean over your banana leaf plate feeling full of the rich wedding feast, knowing you can’t fit in another bite, someone will come around and ladle rasam into your open palm to facilitate your digestion. Slurping it down, you soon feel ready for a taste of dessert!)
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