The popular game among the Badagas was hagaru, in which one bats a ball with a bat and others run and catch.īadaga funeral ceremony is complex. The music too represents the theme of rural life. And then, they have to move according to the co-dancers. Normally it falls into a pattern 1-2-3 steps. Badaga dance is in itself unique and interesting. Dancing and singing were considered pastime for a tribal community. The interesting part is, in Badaga dance that is not just the audience who enjoy the show the participants did as well. It has been a part of their lives unknowingly. The fables of this peace loving people are inspiring. The roots of Badaga culture lie in its folklore. In fact this is the real treasure of this simple people. There is an unrecorded vast folk culture found in Badaga land. Prior to the advent of coffee and tea buttermilk was offered to guests instantly.įolk-culture is so strong in the Badaga land. Any family, however poor, will not allow you to leave without having at least a cup of tea. The hospitality of Badagas is unparalleled anywhere in India. The nature of their hospitality is praised whoever had a chance to contact them. Badagas had earned a reputation of being peace loving people as well as diligent workers. So too is the necessity of a script for Badaga.Badaga culture was evolved in the Nilgiri hills and mainly under the stimulus of the Dravidian environment. But of course, the script need not be peculiar and specific one pertaining to that particular language. It cannot remain only as a spoken language for long. Badaga ScriptIt has always been felt that for a language to survive, it should have its own script. When you engage an elderly Badaga into any conversation, you are sure to hear a lot of these proverbs thrown in to make / emphasis a point]ġ8.
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Badaga Proverbs is the free use of delightful but deep meaning proverbs called “ DODDARU SHLOKA”. Badaga Poems or pair words apart from other attributes]ġ5. First Badaga It will be very interesting to list all those BADAGAS who were / are the ’FIRST’in any field.Where I am not sure, I have put a question mark, so that someone may supply the correct or corrected infoġ2. Badaga Funeral so that the present day youngsters could understand one of the most important and significant part (prayer) of Badaga funeral rites]ġ0. Badaga Jewellery has a special place in Badaga tradition and considered to have medicinal / health benefits]Ĩ. Be it the ever green dance (aatta) numbers, the sad savu (funeral) songs or the beautiful ballads.sky is the limit. Badaga Songs [Music and Badagas are inseparable. Badaga Language and hence become extinct”.]ģ. This is because, there are many multimedia posts like songs, pictures, animations etc.To overcome this drawback I have developed another set of websites in BLOG SPOT / BLOGGER with each page from being made into an individual website that can load faster.Like for example, the most popular page ‘BADAGA SONGS ON THE WEB’ is made into a separate website “Badaga Songs on the web” where you can listen to ‘Badaga Music’ without leaving the page and leave your comments as usual.Ī partial list of new weblogs in BLOGGER are Badaga Wedding in picturesġ.
One of the complaints I hear from our friends visiting my website is that it takes ages to fully display all the contents. How can anyone forget the GANJE that would be HURUTHU - fied (fried) in a HURI MADDAKKE (mud pot with a hole on its side) through which a HURI KOL (a short stick with cloth tied at one end as a ball) would be inserted and the contents stirred constantly for uniform frying? The rhythmic ‘tak tak’ noise would be accompanied by some folk lore Badaga songs. I remember my childhood days when the dried GANJE / GHODUME (barley/wheat) used to be spread in the fore court of the houses called KERI (street), between two groups of Hatti HEMMAKKA (ladies) squatted opposite to each other with GANJE DHADIS (sticks of about four feet long and an inch thick) systematically & alternatively beating to remove the chaff. It must be mentioned that though many masala powders are available in the market, the Badagas use a specially prepared curry powder known as ‘ BADAGARU MAASU HUDI’ in their preparations. along with the methods used in cooking (like in a mud pot known as MADAKE in traditional fire place - OLE) The food, eating habits, preparations of some dishes as well as the ingredients used are covered. I have tried to discuss and describe, not only of authentic recipes on Badaga dishes but also on their agricultural produce, known in Badaga language as BAE - like for example Badagas used to grow wheat, barley, millet - GHODUME, GANJE, ERAGI, BATHA -etc but have almost completely stopped now.