Malappuram:
A short video clip of students wearing hijabs celebrating Onam at a high school in Malappuram in northern Kerala has been shared widely on social media, with senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor ‘like’ a tweet about it.
The video, which is being widely circulated and seen on various social media platforms, shows several hijab-clad students of the Vandoor Government Girls Higher Secondary School here wearing saris and dancing to music, along with their other schoolmates. With, shown as part of Onam celebrations. in their institutions.
It is being praised by thousands on social media and some have even compared it to the hijab row in neighboring Karnataka when girls wearing headgear were denied entry in some institutions.
One such person on Twitter – known as Com. Mahabali – posted, “Onam celebration at Vandoor Higher Secondary School, Malappuram. Dedicated to the lower life that says Onam is a Hindu festival and to our neighboring state.” Who has denied education. For girls wearing hijab.” Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is also among those who liked this tweet.
His party colleague and MLA from Vandoor AP Anil Kumar shared the viral video on his Facebook page.
Another tweet by Ashok Swain, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Sweden, said, “A school in Kerala celebrates Onam by hijab-wearing Muslim girls – Onam is the harvest festival of the people of Kerala. , not the people of Kerala. Hindus only claim the Hindu right!” It has also got thousands of likes.
This year Onam is being celebrated in the state with gusto and enthusiasm after the festivities were banned for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.