Badagas of the Blue Mountains: Traditions kept alive by these brave Badaga ladies

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“ Ghanda ebbane buddi illay-buddi bappane ghanda illay-Wisdom did not come when husband was alive; when wisdom came husband was not there-கண்ட இப்பனெ புத்தி இல்லெ; புத்தி பப்பனெ கண்ட இல்லெ.” - Doddharu Shloka

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Traditions kept alive by these brave Badaga ladies

What is extremely gratifying and gives a lot of happiness is see some brave - hearts Badaga ladies wearing traditional Badaga Jewellery. One such lady is Subbi Hethe of Thogalatty [near Kattabettu] with the mookkuthi and kivi chinna [read all about Badaga Jewellery here]. I had the pleasure of meeting her at Honneri a couple of days back.

Thank you, Subbi Hethe

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Namaskara - Greetings [Namasthe - Vanakkam],

Ollengay Iddhaya? - How are you?,

Ninna Hesaru A'ena? - What is your name?,

Maduvay aagi buttava? - Are you married?,

Nee a' hattigha koodidhe? - You are married to [the boy/girl from] which village?,

Appara Santhosha - Thank you very much.

Aakkaday - That side,

Eekkaday - This side,

Horasu - Outside,

Baa - Come,

Bannay - [I] will come,

HOnay - Will go,

Hadadha'ya - Is it there?

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Karu Harachodhu - Funeral Prayer

Karu Harachodhu

In his book, THE GOLDEN BOUGH – A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION (1922) Sir James George Fraser (1854 – 1941) mentioned the following :-

Among the Badagas of the Neilgherry Hills in Southern India, when a death has taken place, the sins of the deceased are laid upon a buffalo calf.For this purpose the people gather round the corpse and carry it outside of the village. There an elder of the tribe, standing at the head of the corpse, recites or chants [known as - "KARU HARUCHODU"] a long list of sins such as any Badaga may commit, and the people repeat the last word of each line after him.

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Badaga Months

1) Koodalu, 2) Aalaani 3) Nallaani 4) Aani 5) Aadire 6) Aadi 7) Aavaani 8 ) Perattaadhi 9) Dhodda Devige 10) Kiru Devige 11) Thai 12) Hemmatti

The more I listen to the song 'Kappu Uttileyu', the more fascinated I become. All the 12 Badaga months starting with Koodalu [given in Capital Letters] are beautifully integrated within the song.

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The lyrics of the song go like this :-

Kappu huttileyu neppuna sundari,

Oppi hegileyu dhirachiya mundari Kappu huttile naa hathuna notta dha, Keppu na huttile ondhuna notta tha

Thatti beetha sileyu nee edhega,

Kottu beetha hennu naa edhaga Muthu muthu mookathiga sokki hodhane, netti niddane Sothu pathu neetha endhu kaathundhu endhe dha, matha hegu dha, madhuvaya matha hegudha,

KOODALU thinguvana koodile singarene ,

AALAANI thinguvatha aa aagi varasha mamma , NALLANI go kollaandhu hega beda, , AANI huttidha mele badhila hegine baa mamma ,

AADHIRE jena nodi bae thumbi maathaadu ,

AADI mudidha mele ododi bannane mamma, AAVANI thinguvadhoge dhaavani singarava , Arattu perattu aara PERATTASI thinguvadha,

DODDA DIVIGEYA dodda kiru edhega ,

KIRU DIVIGEYA siri devi aagi banne , THAI mae thalaiga thatti kai yoda aatta paatta. HEMMATTI ebbaneyu aemaathithindhu hoga beda ,

Thatti beetha sileyu nee edhaga ,

Kottu beetha hennu naa edhega

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Traditions kept alive by these brave Badaga ladies

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