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Tamil harvest festival celebration, 1989

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Tamil harvest festival celebration, 1989

A rich pudding incorporating the first rice of the season is prepared as part of the traditional Tamil harvest festival celebration. Here children of the Wellington Tamil community, which includes Sri Lankan, Indian, Malaysian and South African Tamils, look on as the pudding overflows from its pot, a sign of prosperity.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1989/0177/3

by John Nicholson

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Nancy Swarbrick, Sri Lankans – Community, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1141/tamil-harvest-festival-celebration-1989 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.