As Amie and other contributors mentioned in their posts, the Harvest Festival and the time of giving thanks has come to Kerala and to Cardamom County.  I had the great opportunity to be on property and experience the colorful festival of Onam.  Being part of both guest and staff, I could see all aspects of the event: from preparation to the final event.  Onam is a ten day festival as Amie’s post explains, but the most important day of Onam is the 9th day, which is oddly called “First Onam” because that is the day that King Mahabali actually descends to Kerala.  But any day of Onam seems like the Keralites’ spirits were soaring.  All the staff at Cardamom County have great warm and happy smiles but during this festival season it felt like their warmth was doubled.

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