6mile’s … many more to go

Ugadi roughly translates to , Uga – era and Adi – new. The start of a new era.

Today we celebrated the Telugu New Year . Telugu people follow the lunisolar calender, so it gets kind of tough to keep track of such days

UGADI

Ugadi is one of the few days people still wear traditional clothes girls wearing langa voni’s and guys wearing panchs or kurtas. The thing I like about Ugadi the most it super delicious food you only get in an Andhra household. Delicious Lemon rice, Yogurt dipped Wada’s, Sweet Kheer.

It is also the only day Ugadi Pachadi (umm.. new year pickle) is served. Me thinks , I cant explain it better than wikipedia

The eating of a specific mixture of ;

• Neem Buds/Flowers for bitterness
• Raw Mango for tang
• Tamarind Juice for sourness
• Green Chilli/Pepper for heat
• Jaggery for sweetness
• Pinch of Salt for saltiness

This mixture with all six tastes (షడ్రుచులు), called “Ugadi Pachhadi” (ఉగాది పచ్చడి) in Telugu and “Bevu-Bella”( ಬೇವು-ಬೆಲ್ಲ ) in Kannada^[1], symbolizes the fact that life is a mixture of different experiences (sadness, happiness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise) , which should be accepted together and with equanimity.