Festival is one of the enjoyable and memorable moment in everyone’s’ life. Festivals are one of the opportunities to know your neighbor and people in apartment. Ugadi is one of festival in south India. The term “Ugadi” means beginning where “Uga” means Yuga or year and “adi” means beginning. It is believed that Lord Brahma started creation on this auspicious day.
Preparation of Ugadi
People prepare a week ahead for celebration of festival. On the day prior to festival houses are washed and cleaned with
Celebrating Ugadi soap waters. It is also shopping festival which begins a week ahead. On the day people wear new clothes and wishes relatives and friends with sweets and gifts. People make colorful floral decoration in houses.
On the day of Ugadi people decorate their entrance of door with mango leaves and mango leaves are considered auspicious for festivals. On the day special pooja are conducted in homes and temples. Women in home prepare special dishes and sweets for the occasion. Sweet Chapatti which is known as Holige is prepared. Special item on the festival day is bevubella which is a mixture of jaggery, neem and mango. The sweet of jaggery and mango indicates happiness and taste of neem leaf represents sadness in one’s life.
Preparation of New Year
Ugadi is auspicious day to start a new thing. Starting new business and buying home appliance or goods for home are considered auspicious. On this day hearing forecast of year is a traditional custom which are known as panchanga sravanam. Special pooja and rituals are conducted for prosperity and healthy life of one and all in a family. Ugadi is festival of positive thinking and beginning of new things in each and everyone’s life.
Tips to celebrating Ugadi in apartments
We know that people in Bangalore are becoming busy day by day and forget to celebrate festivals. Some of them even do not know their fellow neighbors. Festivals are good opportunity to know people in your apartment and enjoy festival making them memorable.
You can consider conducting games and cultural programs for people in residents. The game should encourage people of all age to participate. The function or program must not be for particular people or age. You can consider playing games like antakshari, passing the ball, balloon breaking, and one minute to know your neighbor and so on.
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