Badaga Calendar -2013
First Month - KOODALU
Second Month - AALAANI
Like in any other calendar, there are 12 months and each month starts on the 10th of English Calendar month but for a few exceptions due to the fact that the month of Feb has 28/29 days [leap year].
I have attempted to make the Badaga Calendars for 2013 keeping in mind that a Badaga month should start on the 10th of an English month as far as possible and also to ensure that the number of days in a month is either 30 or 31 days.
Since Badagas consider ‘Sovara’ (Monday) as the most auspicious and ‘holy’ day, they have attached a lot of importance to that day. Generally, no non-vegetarian food is taken on Mondays. This is also the weekly holiday and hence shown on top in red colour. No ‘Hola Gelcha’[field work] is usually done on ‘sovara’s in olden days.
The biggest festival of Badagas is day-specific and not date-specific. That is to say that this festival – HETHE HABBA – always falls on a Monday [after the first Monday of the thirteenth fullmoon]. By the way,full Moon (‘Pournami’ in Tamil) is ‘HUNNAVE’ and New Moon is ‘MUTTU’ in Badaga.
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
Badaga Months in 'Kappu Huttileyu' Dance Song
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The more I listen to the dance song 'Kappu Huttileyu', the more fascinated I become. All the 12 Badaga months starting with KOODALU, are beautifully integrated within the song.The lyrics of the song go like this:-
Kappu huttileyu neppuna sundari,
Oppi hegileyu dhrachiya 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 yo ge 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!
Listen to the song here
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