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Bathukamma — బతుకమ్మ

batukamma

September–October · nine days during Navaratri

Bathukamma is the women's flower festival of Telangana. Stacks of seasonal flowers in conical patterns are arranged, songs are sung in circles, and the flowers are floated on water on the final day.

Greetings in Telugu

  • బతుకమ్మ శుభాకాంక్షలు

    batukamma śubhākāṅkṣalu

    "Happy Bathukamma!"

    universal

Customs & traditions

  • ✦Arranging conical flower stacks of marigold, gunuka, tangedu
  • ✦Women singing folk songs in a circle around the bathukamma
  • ✦Immersing the flowers in nearby lakes on Saddula Bathukamma

Traditional foods

  • సద్దులు

    saddulu

    Variety rice preparations — yogurt, sesame, lemon

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