Tag: festival
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pariyaya
Udupi Pariyaya. This was written for last week’s prompt. And I promptly forgot to post it. ಚೆಲುವು ನೋಡಮ್ಮ ಚೆಲುವು ನಮ್ಮ ಉಡುಪಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಚೆಲುವು. ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ಕಡಗೋಲು ಹಿಡಿದು, ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ವೆಣುವ ಹಿಡೆದು Udupi the temple town on the west coast of India is the home for lot of things, the famous Mitrasamaj which still maintains its…
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Thoku Emong — a festival of gratitude.
Most folk festivals are about gratitude, and thanks giving. So is the Lothas Naga festival of Thoku Emong. Thoku means feast, and Emong is halt. The festival is celebrated by the Naga Lothas tribe in the first week of November. The government however has currently declared 6th– 7th of November as the festival days though…
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Mahabali cannot be Dwarfed.
As we were driving down from Panaji, to Margao I saw this banner that said, 37% Goan have votes AAP, 27%BJP, and some X% congress, the conclusion was AAP leads, what occurred to me, is it could also be interpreted as 63% Goans are clear that they do not want AAP. Ultimately every story is…
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Chaitra Shukla Padya.
The first day of the brand new calendar year is an empowered time to psychologically unwind to mentally find ones own life charged emotionally with refined energy and enthusiasm to create a beautiful growth paradigm within the physically defined laws of nature and rules of the game called LIFE. Today is the onset of new…
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Blame it on Bhaang!
“I’m pledging to #KhulKeKheloHoli this year by sharing my Holi memories atBlogAdda in association with Parachute Advansed.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPMjKIUNGDI Parchute and BlogAdda and media have declared Holi as one of India’s happiest festival. Well, that depends, on Your concept of India Your concept of Happiness. For me Holi is a festival of dread. One reason being it is the…
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Bombe Habba@ Navaratri.
Naada Habba, the land gets festive, the triumph of the Durga over Mahishasura Mardini, this was what navaratri meant to me, it meant the best of music Kutcheri, the vibrant classical dance festival, visiting friends to see the doll display. most important the ten days of holidays. Navratri is back and it is rather sad…
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