Watch: UK PM Office Celebrates Pongal, Staff Eats With Hands On Banana Leaf

The competition of ‘Pongal’ is a 4-day lengthy extravaganza celebrated by the Tamilian inhabitants globally. It’s a harvest competition devoted to the Solar God. Now, a video has surfaced on the web which reveals employees of the UK’s Prime Minister’s workplace having fun with a scrumptious meal as they have a good time the competition.

The video was shared on Twitter by Rajya Sabha MP Sonal Mansingh. The brief clip reveals employees sitting collectively and consuming a standard Pongal meal with their fingers on banana leaves.

The video has attracted optimistic reactions on social media, particularly from the Indian neighborhood within the UK. The feast was hosted at 10, Downing Road by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The video additionally noticed males serving numerous meals objects wearing conventional garments, veshtis.

Together with the video, the caption reads, “UK PM workplace & defence celebrating Pongal competition. Sudda consuming on banana leaf.”

Watch the video right here:

UK PM workplace & defence celebrating Pongal competition. Sudda consuming on banana leaf 😆 @narendramodi@PMOIndia@MinOfCultureGoI@BJP4Indiapic.twitter.com/WwOGrfIKNr

— Sonal Mansingh (@sonal_mansingh) January 17, 2023

In a video message, Rishi Sunak stated, “I need to ship my greatest needs to everybody celebrating Thai Pongal this weekend. I understand how a lot this competition means to households throughout the nation. Let me want everybody right here and around the globe well being, happiness and prosperity this Thai Pongal.”

The video has thus far amassed over 2,000 views on Twitter. A consumer wrote, “Nice to see and feeling actually proud!!” One other consumer wrote, “It is enjoyable seeing them struggling to eat with their fingers Most utilizing left hand solely.”

The third consumer commented, “That is superior!”