The Harvest Festival is the first of the ones that comes up in the Roman Calendar (if you take the actual Telugu Calendar that we follow it probably would be towards the end of the year). It’s a three day festival with the first day being Bhogi where you discard old things and march towards new things. There are so many interesting events that happen during this day: we have colorful rangoli in front of your house decorated with gobbemma (cow dung mounds topped with flowers); Singing Haridasu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haridasu) who spreads melody in return for food or gift; decorated bulls are taken around which are worshipped and again offered gifts; kids flying kites (a competition that is cut throat sometimes literally); enjoy the Bhogi Pallu event (pouring of the harvest fruit and coins on little kids); in villages and towns there would be a huge bonfire at the end of the day called Bhogi Mantalu trying to drive away the little chill that’s in the air and finally loads and loads of food to eat all thru the day.
Since this festival comes just the day before the main festival Sankranthi, I couldn’t find many songs that covered this concept. The only song I found doesn’t have a video…pity cause that particular song covers the entire aspect of the festival that I mentioned above.
Lyrics:
Ravamma mahalakshmi ravamma e kovela I illu koluvu
Bhogullo Bhogullo Bhoga Bhagyala Bhogullo
Bhogi mantala bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Bhogullo Bhogullo Bhoga Bhagyala Bhogullo
Bhogi mantala bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Gobbiyallo Gobbiyallo, gobbemma koppuna gummadi poolo
Gobbiyallo Gobbiyallo, gobbemma koppuna gummadi poolo
Gummadinti gummadu mayadari gummadu
Koppulo pooleti dubbarloki lagadu
Gobbiyallo Gobbiyallo, gobbemma koppuna gummadi poolo
Kuppalo illunda alludne koppamma
Attintiki veldaamu rammante tappamma
Tappoppulu ippude talabosukundama
Talalntukunnaka kalabosukundama
Gobbiyallo Gobbiyallo, gobbemma koppuna gummadi poolo
Bhogullo Bhogullo Bhoga Bhagyala Bhogullo
Bhogi mantala bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Hariloranga hari
Hariloranga hari, Hariloranga hari
Hariloranga hari, Hariloranga
Hariloranga hari, Hariloranga hari
Hariloranga hari, Hariloranga
Harikosamaite tapasulu hari hari
Haridasu kaite kantulu hari hari
Dasuni tappulu dandam tho sari
Hariloranga hari, Hariloranga hari
Hariloranga hari, Hariloranga
Hariloranga sari, Sariloranga sari,
Hariloranga sari, Sariloranga
Dandam ante rendarthalu
Chetulu rendu kalipedokati
Vatalu ninduga vesedokati
Chetulu rendu kalipedokati
Vatalu ninduga vesedokati
Hariloranga Hari, Sariloranga sari,
Hariloranga sari, Sariloranga
Sara Hara Hara Sara
Sari Sari
Hariloranga Hari
Bhogullo Bhogullo Bhoga Bhagyala Bhogullo
Bhogi mantala bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Bavala veepulu tappetloyi, saagina koddi chappatloyi
Bavala veepulu tappetloyi, saagina koddi chappatloyi
Avi mogina koddi muchchatloyi
Avi mogina koddi muchchatloyi
Maradalla buggalu bobbatloyi, korikina koddi dibbatloyi
Maradalla buggalu bobbatloyi, korikina koddi dibbatloyi
Avi dorikedaka inkatloyi, dibbatloyi, bobbatloyi
Bhogullo Bhogullo Bhoga Bhagyala Bhogullo
Bhogi mantala bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
Tellarakundane palle pallantanu errani kantullo bhogullo
