Karthik Purnima & Boita Bandana festival - Organised by Odia Cultural Accociation London (OCAL)

[Umakant Rout]

Namaskar to All Odia Friends and Family, 

Hope you are all healthy and safe in this difficult time. 

OCAL (Odia Cultural Association of London) would like to invite you all to attend the “Digital celebration” of our Odia festival “KARTIKA PURNIMA & BOITA BANDANA”. Many Odia families in the United Kingdom have shown interest to celebrate the auspicious month (Dharma Masa) of the year. 

The last five days of this month are very important known as “Panchuka” and the very last day is being celebrated as “Kartika Purnima”. On this auspicious day, early in the morning people observe the ritual of “Boita Bandana” by floating handmade boat made from Bamboo or Banana stem decorated with colours and candles in the nearest water pond or river to remind the past glory. In the olden days, the Sadhbas (Sea traders) used to go distant islands like Java, Sumitra etc for their trade. The women gave them a hearty send off on the day.  

“Bali Yatra” is the most famous festival which start on Kartika Purnima and continue for a week. The silver city Cuttack Bali Yatra is the home of this festival. 

On this occasion, please join us to celebrate digitally on Sunday, the 29^th of November, @15:00 hrs. The event is organised to offer you to watch and participate in various festival related programs such as: 

• Live Kartika Purnima Puja. 
• Like Boita Bandana. 
• Kids and Adult Cultural activities connected to this festival (details below*). 
• 3D Boita (Boat) competition for Kids to show their art and design skills (details below**). 
• Online family quiz competition based on this festival (Boita Bandana, Bali Jatra history and importance of Kartika month in Hindu month (details below***). 
• Speech by eminent person from Odisha on this festival and Shree Jagannatha culture 
• Shree Jagannatha Bhajana Sandhya – to Mark Shri Bhikari Bal Punyatithi. 

We would appreciate your participation and celebration of this festival with all of us. 

 

Best wishes and Regards, 

On Behalf of Odia Cultural Association of London (OCAL)  

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*Cultural Participation: (Last date 25^th November) 

1. Should be classical or semiclassical dance due to Puja festival. 

2. Maximum Duration is 3-4 minutes. 

3. Video should be taken Landscape mode with presentable background with high quality video preferable 1080p and sound. 

4. Uploaded to YouTube and made public. Sent the link to this email on reply to uma....@hotmail.com

5. if you have a recent performance, please consider that as well. 

**3D Boita Competition: (Last date 26^th November) 

1. Homemade boat with colourful decoration. You can see various YouTube video online for an idea. 
2. You can buy online (Amazon, etc), the raw materials for making the Boat.
3. Ensure Name and Age in the email to ensure they in correct category age group.
4. Take pictures of them (max of 4) and send via email to sabit...@hotmail.com or reply to this email.
5. If you are using that for Boita Bandana with your family, please send us a video clip (max 20 seconds) to be shown. 

*** Online family quiz: 

1. Please join with your family as a group.
2. You will be asked to use the pin provided in the online quiz show.
3. You can prepare on the topic mentioned above.
   

The winner will be declared and will get e-certificate from the Shree Jagannath Temple Trust ( JTT ).

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[Umakant Rout]

Namaskar to All Odia Friends and Family, 

Please find the link for the event on Sunday, the 29^th of November, @15:00 hrs.

https://kartikapurnima.gurukulcampus.co.uk/

and click on the Live Streaming as below - no pin or password needed.

We would appreciate your participation and celebration of this festival with all of us. 

 

Best wishes and Regards, 

On Behalf of Odia Cultural Association of London (OCAL)  

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From: Umakant Rout <uma....@hotmail.com>
Sent: 19 November 2020 00:46
To: s.s...@imperial.ac.uk <s.s...@imperial.ac.uk>; uma....@hotmail.com <uma....@hotmail.com>
Subject: Karthik Purnima & Boita Bandana festival - Organised by Odia Cultural Accociation London (OCAL)

 

Namaskar to All Odia Friends and Family, 

Hope you are all healthy and safe in this difficult time. 

OCAL (Odia Cultural Association of London) would like to invite you all to attend the “Digital celebration” of our Odia festival “KARTIKA PURNIMA & BOITA BANDANA”. Many Odia families in the United Kingdom have shown interest to celebrate the auspicious month (Dharma Masa) of the year. 

The last five days of this month are very important known as “Panchuka” and the very last day is being celebrated as “Kartika Purnima”. On this auspicious day, early in the morning people observe the ritual of “Boita Bandana” by floating handmade boat made from Bamboo or Banana stem decorated with colours and candles in the nearest water pond or river to remind the past glory. In the olden days, the Sadhbas (Sea traders) used to go distant islands like Java, Sumitra etc for their trade. The women gave them a hearty send off on the day.  

“Bali Yatra” is the most famous festival which start on Kartika Purnima and continue for a week. The silver city Cuttack Bali Yatra is the home of this festival. 

On this occasion, please join us to celebrate digitally on Sunday, the 29^th of November, @15:00 hrs. The event is organised to offer you to watch and participate in various festival related programs such as: 

• Live Kartika Purnima Puja. 
• Live Boita Bandana. 

• Kids and Adult Cultural activities connected to this festival (details below*). 
• 3D Boita (Boat) competition for Kids to show their art and design skills (details below**). 
• Online family quiz competition based on this festival (Boita Bandana, Bali Jatra history and importance of Kartika month in Hindu month (details below***). 

• Speech by eminent person from Odisha on this festival and Shree Jagannatha culture .

• Shree Jagannatha Bhajana Sandhya – to Mark Shri Bhikari Bal Punyatithi. 

We would appreciate your participation and celebration of this festival with all of us. 

 

Best wishes and Regards, 

On Behalf of Odia Cultural Association of London (OCAL)  

***********************************************

*Cultural Participation: (Last date 25^th November) 

1. Should be classical or semiclassical dance due to Puja festival. 

2. Maximum Duration is 3-4 minutes. 

3. Video should be taken Landscape mode with presentable background with high quality video preferable 1080p and sound. 

4. Uploaded to YouTube and made public. Send the link to this email on reply to uma....@hotmail.com

5. if you have a recent performance, please consider that as well. 

**3D Boita Competition: (Last date 26^th November) 

1. Homemade boat with colourful decoration. You can see various YouTube video online for an idea. 
2. You can buy online (Amazon, etc), the raw materials for making the Boat.
3. Ensure Name and Age in the email to ensure they in correct category age group.

1. Take pictures (max of 4) and send via email to sabit...@hotmail.com or reply to this email.
2. If you are using for Boita Bandana with your family celebration, please send us a video clip (max 20 seconds) to be shown. 

*** Online family quiz: 

1. Please join with your family as a group.
2. You will be asked to use the pin provided in the online quiz show.
3. You can prepare on the topic mentioned above.
   

The winner will be declared and will be getting e-certificate from the Shree Jagannath Temple Trust ( JTT ).

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