BLACK OR WHITE

(this is the black spirit(kulla karuppu) that i spoke about,beleive me i was bit nervous when i clicked, you can find the papper tied over his weapon, this terracotta statue alone not cemented and it is the oldest one)

the concept of black or white is intersting , it depends on the region where it gets conceptualised. for instance our gods are black starting from shiva to black spirit (actually it must start from otherway aruund.) but the foreiners calls eveil as black and black magic and they gave a black colur for evils where as we gave white colour for evils(mogini, aavi etc). it is human tendency to alieanate by colour and shape which actually not belongs to that groups( examples : dasuys, dasas, dravidias) certain group of people were seen odd from the dominant group and those odd groups appearances were used for peculair issues. it's like we laugh at monkeys and monkeys laugh at us.

moreover the climate plays a major role in determining the colour. whether we are naturefreindly or not, nature always remain as our friend. how?

if you are in the deep southern part of india you cant sleep after seven ,the scrotching sun starts in that case our skin develops a melanian pigment which adds dark complexion.it is also responsible for stamina. from my childhood onwards i had a doubt how come people like our complexion getting medals for america ,you know when i got answer? in loyola college that too from tamizh ayya (tamil teacher) then only i understod there is big breeding business exist.

it is no that other race has less stamina , it is safe to say black skin has got more stamina gifted by nature. following the same understanding we tamil village pepoles are hero worshippers, our gods are brave and war veterans (veeran, agni veeran, ayyanar, karupu etc). some one who gaurded our villages might died in war or might completed his life cycle .in order to comemorate them we set a stone or a statue like him and the people believe their spirit will continue to gaurd us. thats how black spirit is very famous in tamil village.

the mystery part as follows. let me explain what i had seen. i was too standing on the crowd. one persons wife started to behave very badly (troublesome) and she became uncontrolable so the man went to the kulla karuppu kovil to ask about it. the person who stood over the nails footwear closed his eyes and started to narrate that on the northside of wall there is a crack and inside it there is an amulet(a small sheet), the man further said you remove it and burnt it. thinks will be alright. then the victim asked how do i know who had done it?. then the person over the nail sandals explained tomorrow there will be a fire accident in his home from that you will come to know , for everyone of our surprise it happened. if the person further want to intensify the punishment then he writes his appeal and ties in the hands of kulla karuppu. once if the punishment was given then we have to thank him with garlands, ciroot,liquor and lamps. if the mistake is on our side then the ordered punishment will return to the person itself. it's like computer progamming "punish the culprit" no matter who the culprit,even the culprit is on the same side it punishes(there are incidents of even fatal). did we have any white spirits like this? :)

this is not explained to get scare but real tamil village remain unexplored. being a student of history i have some idea of real sources that lacks to construct history.