When I was young, I was taught that the Tamil month of Margazhi (Dhanur Maas, Margashira) in mid-December was inauspicious. That was why weddings were not held in Margazhi but in the month preceding, Kaarthikai and the month following, Thai. In fact, the adage ' தை பிறந்தால் வழி பிறக்கும் ' (ways open up when the month Thai is born), convinced us that good things only happen in Thai - Thaipusam and Thai Ponggal. Thaipusam celebrations are to venerate Lord Murugan for defeating the demon king, Padmasooran. Ponggal is a harvest festival to appreciate Nature's interplay that sustains us. Then I heard a Kannadasan song composition classic from the movie 'Paava Manippu' ( பாவமன்னிப்பு ) named 'Kaalangil Aval Vasantham' ( காலங்களில் அவள் வசந்தம் ). In that song, the hero describes all his beau's excellent traits. If she were a flower, she would be jasmine; if she were a bird, she would be a dove and so on. He goes on to say if she were the month in the calenda...
It is all Mimesis