Day to pay homage to the humble cattle


Up close and personal: Children dressed in their colourful clothes petting a bull at the Mattu Ponggal celebration at SJK (T) Ramakrishna in Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: S. Ashvinthran’s family make their living by selling milk, and have about 30 cattle in their little farm in Air Itam.

While the cows provide the milk, the bulls are often “rented out” to pull bullock carts and chariots at events and festivals.

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