KURAVILANGAD MOONNU NOMPU

Kuravingalad moonnu nompu:

"Now the lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights". (Jonah 1.7) The story of Jonah, who disobeyed the order of the Lord to proceed to Nineveh, with his detention in the belly of fish for three days signifying Christ's resurrection from the dead on the third day, stirs the soul of every believer to its utmost depths.

. St. Mary's Parish at Kuravilangad tried its level best to add splendor to Moonnu Nompu (three-day fast) functions. A forty feet wooden ship, beautifully built with prow, stern, masts and rigging, having on one side an effigy of Jonah being vomited by the fish as per the orders of the Lord, and on the deck wooden mariners in western costume, has been for centuries the centre of attraction in the mid-day procession. Amidst the surging mass of humanity the spectacle make one image that the sea is furious, the wave are beating against the sides of the ship and violent winds rip the sails our of control. Kuravilangad interreligious harmony and mutual cooperation, as the inhabitants of the villages as a whole participate in the festivities.