How did a South Indian Harvest Festival become part of Singapore's Culture? #southindian

Haresh maps how Tamil New Year, which is originally a harvest festival from the Kaveri River delta ended up being observed on five continents with the same rituals still intact. He traces the Tamil community's arrival in Singapore to May 1819, the same month Raffles landed, and explains how a community that came as traders and workers built Little India, established Tamil language education by 1834, and made Tamil one of Singapore's four official languages. --- 👋 Welcome to Mediacorp Entertainment, your favourite channel for the latest and the best of local entertainment series in English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. We're part of Mediacorp, Singapore’s biggest content creator and national media network, bringing you awesome and award-winning TV shows, radio stations, and digital platforms for all your entertainment and news needs. Want more entertainment? Check out even more series for free on mewatch! Download the app or visit today. Happy watching and follow us on social! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediacorp/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mediacorp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediacorp/