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