பறநனறறல உணவசர பணபடட அசவகள / Food Cultural Practices in Purananooru

Food is the basis for life and world movement. Food is considered to be the basis of human needs. The variety of foods and the lifestyle-related to that support the understanding of food culture. Such food culture can be understood in four ways. The four hundred songs in the “Purananooru” directly and indirectly talk about the food and food culture of the Tamils. The “Purananooru” shows that food is the basic power that drives the world from within. Although the “Purananooru” is literature that embraces war, the life of the people associated with war embraces the five landscapes. Tamil people have different types of food practices according to the five landscapes. (Thinai) It is useful to know the five elements of food related to the life of the Tamil people. Although these foods belong to the Agam literature and landscapes, the foods used in the lands are largely revealed in the “Purananooru”. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to understand the food and cultural practices of those five lands of Tamil Nadu.