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Excerpt: The Telugu New Year is traditionally celebrated as Ugadi festival. A traditional holiday dish, a relish called ‘Ugadi Pachadi’ is prepared to reflect the tastes and flavors of the Spring Season which may guide to prepare for the New Year with a willingness to accept the different dimensions of human experience under the influence of Time.
Spring is the season of the year between Winter and Summer. In the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the Vernal Equinox (day and night equal in length), March 20 or 21, to the Summer Solstice (year’s longest day), June 21 or 22. The Seasons come with cyclical frequency at the expected time while planet Earth and the rest of the Solar system partake the motion of Sun in the Milky Way Galaxy and their location in Space is never constant and is never the same.
The Spring Season – A Reason for Hope:
The arrival of Spring Season is celebrated with a sense of Joy in numerous cultures and human traditions. The reason for Joy is because of the Season giving a sense of Hope. The reason for Hope is that of rebirth, renewal, regeneration, regrowth, and rejuvenation. In Spring, we witness the plant and animal life getting revitalized. Things in Nature change with Time but Nature remains unchanged. Nature remains constant, immutable, unchanged, or eternal. Nature does not change as mass, energy, and momentum always remain unchanged. The Laws of Conservation stated by classical Physics state that mass and energy can be neither created nor destroyed. Each Law of Conservation signifies that Nature does not change with the passage of Time. We have hope as Nature exists without change. There is hope that we can recover and renew and restart if a process is broken or worn out. Nature’s ability to support and sustain Life is maintained by operation of The Laws of Conservation and by operation of the Fundamental Force called Gravitation.
The other name for Spring Season, known as Vasant or Basant is Madhavam. Indian tradition describes ideas by attaching them to personalities. The person known as Lord Madhava is the consort of a person known as Goddess Madhavi. She derives her name from the word Madhu which describes the nectar gathered by butterflies. Madhu is used to name the taste experience called Sweetness, the sweet substances like honey, sugar, Jaggery and any alcohol derived by fermentation of sugars. The Sweetness gives Joy and Happiness and a man can get easily addicted to its powerful intoxicating effect. The sweetness has to be experienced with a sense of restraint. The man experiences a sweet sensation called Madhurya when he experiences Madhavi as a Force/Power/Energy called Mercy/Grace/Compassion. Spring Season is celebrated as Madhavam as Lord Madhava is the Controller of the Force/Power/Energy of Mercy/Grace/Compassion described in the Sanskrit language as Krupa. The man exists at all stages of his life because of God’s Mercy, Grace, and Compassion.
The Celebration of Telugu New Year – Ugadi:
The Telugu speaking people of India follow the Lunar Calendar and the first month of the year ( March-April) is known as Chaitra.
The Telugu New Year is traditionally celebrated as Ugadi festival. A traditional holiday dish, a relish called ‘Ugadi Pachadi’ is prepared to reflect the tastes and flavors of the Spring Season which may guide to prepare for the New Year with a willingness to accept the different dimensions of human experience under the influence of Time.
Sweet taste comes from jaggery & it symbolizes happiness.
Astringent or pungent taste that comes from raw unripe green mangoes & it symbolizes surprises in life.
Bitter taste that comes from neem flowers represent the sadness.
Sour taste comes from the tamarind & symbolizes unpleasantness.
Salty taste is from salt & represents fear of the unknown phase.
Hot or Spice comes from pepper & symbolizes anger.
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