A memorable lore between the English alphabet ‘T’ to ‘L

St. Johns church  Konthuruthy was the father church or Kurushipally for the  roman Catholics in the adjacent places  such as  in kadavanthra , Chilavanoor and Thevera. It was one of the largest congregation at that time .The feast of St. John  were distinguishably celebrated  by the large Chirstian community in Konthuruthy ,Kadavanthra, and chilavanoor .At the time of this festival  there was a local temporary market poped up in the church premises and  people use to buy and sell various domestic utensils from this local market .Things which were  available in that market was  local domestic  paraphernalia  such as    mat,Spoon ,vassals and many more .Most of those utensils were made up with various local materials .For  instance, the mat which were available there were made up  with Kaitha and it is known as Paya or Thadukku  and the spoons made out of Coconut shell and bamboo stick . 

 Different form of Baskets were also available in that market  as per he shape these baskets were classified as  Vatta kotta and Vallan kotta .It was  dexterously  woven  by he local people  in Kerala . It was made out of  bamboo stick and  Coconut Rope or coir. Mansoon in kerala were begun approximately a week or two   after the feast of St.Johns in Konthuruthy church .She kept those  seeds in the fresh water for sprouts .The Mansoon season in Kerala begun with a  the Vishu festival  and it is considered as the First Njattuvela is the Aswathy Njattuvela and it begins in  the first day of the Malayalam month Medam  or Vishu day .People considered the Vishu festival is the end of the summer season . It is considered as one of the appropriate season for farming . My grand mother used to collect various sprout  seeds from this local  domestic market for cultivation . Immediate after the arrival of monsoon month .

She used to keep  those  seeds in the fresh water for sprouts  . Eventually the vegetated  seeds she used to carefully  put it in the  prepared earth .My grandmother used to cultivate a variety of crops  but different kinds of  banana trees such as Njalee poovan , palayam kodhan,chara padachi ,chakaravalli Poovan were predominated in her crops . Apart from those she used to farm various crops such as cucumber ,chena,chembu,kachil  bottle guards, snake guard ,long beans, green hyacinth bean and many more . Onam is the spring festival in Kerala .At the time of Onam all the floras in the field  flourish with vibrating  yellow flowers