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Flower shop proprietors have suffered heavy loss as several tonnes of fresh flowers wilted at stores across the UAE, as expats called off Onam festival celebrations in solidarity with the flood victims of Kerala.
A total of three tonnes of flowers wilted in various branches of the popular flower shop Perumal Stores. Sudalaimuthu Perumal, owner of Perumal Stores, told Khaleej Times that he had to throw three tonnes of quality flowers to waste.
The run up-to-the Kerala harvest festival of Onam is traditionally marked by the bustle and significant sales in flower shops. Baskets of colourful flowers such as roses, marigolds, hibiscus, tulasi, and the lantana flower are commonly found in flower shops during the Onam festival. Families, especially young children, and retailers use flowers to create an 'athapookalam', or a floral arrangement that forms a big part of Onam festivities in Kerala.
"Flooding in large parts of Kerala have left people with no mood to celebrate. Usually, we sell up to 15 tonnes of flowers across 11 branches of our stores during Onam. This Onam we ordered six tonnes of flowers for Onam and three tonnes wilted," said Sudalaimuthu. He said several last-minute order cancellations by retailers and a meagre number of individual buyers led to the flowers wilting.
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