Avurudu

Avurudu!!! I’m loving this time of year…love the feeling of closure, a sweeping sense of finale in the air… people around me packing up, happily looking forward to a long break, I feel the joy and wonder of those expectations… hope the new year actually brings in the renewal so eagerly awaited…As for me, I love the feeling peace and quiet and oh those beautiful traditions… traditions I’ve inherited mostly through marriage…It’s a time to try my hand at various traditional sweets, cleaning the house and buying a new broom rug and a pot…. How I love the feel and fragrance of new clay…come new year and it shall be heralded with as much enthusiasm as I can gather, light the hearth and set a table with Kiribath and sweetmeats…most of the homely traditions have fallen by the wayside but it’s nothing but a good feeling to visit relations and share trays of food…to teach my son all that’s good and beautiful of the timeless traditions of Avurudu… but as he rightly said… what is Avurudu without Kavum? So it is time to get cracking on trying my hand at perfecting a Konde Kavum …till then I leave you with my experience with Unduvel… It took a better part of my day, and left me with smoke congested lungs, but still, its Avurudu and for me, what is Avurudu without Unduvel….Oba Samata Suba Aluth Avuruddak Wewa…