Kannada cultural customs, traditions, and etiquette vocabulary, one custom or term per card.
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- ಯುಗಾದಿ (yugaadi)
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Ugadi, the Kannada New Year festival marking the start of the traditional calendar.- ದೀಪಾವಳಿ (deepaavali)
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Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated with lamps and fireworks.- ಗೌರಿ ಹಬ್ಬ (gauri habba)
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Gauri festival, honoring goddess Gauri, celebrated just before Ganesha Chaturthi.- ಗಣೇಶ ಚತುರ್ಥಿ (ganesha chaturthi)
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Ganesha Chaturthi, a major festival honoring Lord Ganesha with clay idols and processions.- ನಾಗರ ಪಂಚಮಿ (naagara panchami)
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Nagara Panchami, a festival honoring snake deities with offerings of milk.- ಮೈಸೂರು ದಸರಾ (mysooru dasaraa)
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Mysore Dasara, the grand royal festival of Mysuru with a famous elephant procession.- ಕಂಬಳ (kambala)
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Kambala, the traditional buffalo race held in the muddy fields of coastal Karnataka.- ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ (yakshagaana)
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Yakshagana, a traditional dance-drama form of coastal Karnataka combining music, costume, and mythology.- ಡೊಳ್ಳು ಕುಣಿತ (dollu kunita)
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Dollu Kunita, a vigorous traditional drum dance performed at festivals in Karnataka.- ಮೈಸೂರು ಪೇಟ (mysooru peta)
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Mysore Peta, the traditional silk turban associated with the royal court of Mysuru.- ಇಳಕಲ್ ಸೀರೆ (ilakal seere)
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Ilkal saree, a traditional handwoven sari from northern Karnataka.- ರಂಗೋಲಿ (rangoli)
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Rangoli, decorative floor art drawn with colored powder outside homes on festive days.- ಆರತಿ (aarati)
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Aarti, the ritual of waving a lit lamp before a deity as an act of worship.- ಪ್ರಸಾದ (prasaada)
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Prasada, blessed food first offered to a deity and then shared among devotees.- ಹಿರಿಯರಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (hiriyarige namaskaara)
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Touching the feet of elders as a customary gesture of respect and seeking blessings.
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