Telugu cultural customs, traditions, and etiquette vocabulary, one custom or term per card.
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- ఉగాది (ugaadi)
- Ugadi: the Telugu New Year, marked by eating ugadi pachadi, a dish combining six different tastes
- సంక్రాంతి (sankranti)
- Sankranti: a major harvest festival celebrated with rangoli designs, kite flying, and bullfighting traditions in some regions
- బతుకమ్మ (bathukamma)
- Bathukamma: a flower festival celebrated mainly in Telangana, where women arrange colorful flower stacks and dance around them
- బోనాలు (bonaalu)
- Bonalu: a festival honoring the goddess Mahakali, where women carry decorated pots of food as offerings
- దసరా (dasara)
- Dasara: a nine-night festival celebrating the goddess Durga's victory over evil
- దీపావళి (deepaavali)
- Deepavali: the festival of lights, celebrated with lamps, sweets, and fireworks
- హారతి (haarathi)
- Harathi: a devotional ritual of waving a lit lamp before a deity while singing hymns
- పూజ (pooja)
- Puja: a ritual act of worship offered to a deity
- కాళ్ళకు నమస్కారం చేయడం (kaallaku namaskaram cheyadam)
- To touch an elder's feet as a gesture of respect and to seek their blessings
- తాళి (thaali)
- Thali: the sacred necklace a husband ties around his wife's neck at marriage
- పండుగ (panduga)
- Festival
- పులిహోర (pulihora)
- Pulihora: a tangy tamarind rice dish traditionally prepared for festivals and temple offerings
- ప్రసాదం (prasaadam)
- Prasadam: food blessed and offered to a deity, then distributed to devotees
- కూచిపూడి (koochipoodi)
- Kuchipudi: a classical dance form that originated in Andhra Pradesh, combining dance, drama, and music
- అరుంధతి నక్షత్రం చూపించడం (arundhathi nakshatram choopinchadam)
- A wedding custom where the groom shows the bride the Arundhati star, symbolizing marital devotion
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