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You stayed with your grandparents at your native village during Pongal. You had an unforgettable time with them. - English

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You stayed with your grandparents at your native village during Pongal. You had an unforgettable time with them. You visited the village fair and enjoyed the simple pleasures of life like bathing in the river, strolling in the fields, eating food cooked in earthen utensils over firewood, sleeping on a cot on the terrace under the star-lit sky, visiting temple fairs, and watching Karagattam presentation.

Write a letter to your friend, describing the joy of celebrating festivals in a village, with the inputs given above.

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19, Balaji street,
Mumbai-23.
20-1-2020

Dear Sunil,

I am fine and wish to hear the same from you. Last month I celebrated the Pongal festival in my native village “Chinna Thadakam” in the Coimbatore district. My grandparents are living there. I had an unforgettable time with them. Since Pongal is the festival of harvest, the farmers bathed their cows and bulls and painted their horns. There were a village fair and bullock cart race. Jallikattu, the traditional bull-taming spectacle, was also held as part of the four-day Pongal festival. I visited the village fair and enjoyed the simple pleasures of life like bathing in the river, strolling in the fields, eating food cooked in earthen utensils over firewood, sleeping on a cot on the terrace under the star-lit sky, visiting temple fairs, and watching Karagattam presentation. I really enjoyed the rural life. Next year I wish to take you to our native village to celebrate Pongal.

Convey my love to your parents.

Yours lovingly,
R. Prashanth
Address on the Envelope:

To,

Mr. Sunil,
15, Gupta street.

shaalaa.com

Notes

To

Mr. S.Balu,
S/o. Mr.G.Srinivasan,
18, Patel Street,
Tiruvallur.

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