Mangalore, July 26: The Pilikula Nisargadhama Society organised the 'Aatidonji dina' (a day in the month of 'Aati') celebrations at the 'Gutthina Mane' at Samskruthi Grama in Pilikula Biological Park for the fourth consecutive year, on Monday.
During the Aati month, farmers have less work and more time to play games such as Chenna Mane at home, Zilla Panchayat President Shailaja Bhat said after inaugurating the celebrations in the presence of Moodbidri MLA Abhaychandra and Deputy Comisioner Dr N S Chennappa Gowda.
Several women enthusiastically took part in the Chenna Mane competition, wherein the manes (a rectangular board with a specific number of sunken areas in which tamarind seeds or beads are put) are used to play the game. Those who did not know how to play the game, quickly learnt it from others. This game, which can be played by a single person, or two to three persons, is played by distributing the 'manjotti' (tamarind seeds/beads) from one sunken area among the 12 compartments in a particular order.
Enticing food
Visitors were enticed with 18 varieties of food that are specially prepared in Tulunadu. Some of them are prepared only during the Aati month.
Many of those who had prepared the items said the visitors had asked them for recipes of certain dishes such as 'pathrode', 'nurge soppuda ambade', 'arita pundit' and 'palekayida gatti'.
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