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Bonalu
- This is a festival of offering to Godess Mahankali.
This folk festival of Bonalu is famous in the Telangana
region brings an offering to the Godess Mahankali.
The Mahankali temple is located in the busy streets
of Secunderabad area. The festival period starts in
this region and continues for every week in different
places.
The Dance of balancing pots with the colourfully dressed
female danceres balancing pots (Bonalu), step to the
rythemic beats and tunes in praise of the village
diety Mahankali. Male dancers called the Potharajus
follow the female Dancers to the temple lashing whips
and emerald margosa leaves tied around their waists
adding colour to the roaring trumpets and pulsating
percussion.
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