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{{Short description|Agricultural festival in Tulunadu}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
'''Kori Kambla''' is a distinct [[agriculture]]-based celebration in [[Tulu Nadu|Tulunadu]]. This refers to a kind of collective ploughing and planting on a fixed day for the enelu ([[Tulu language|Tulu]]: ''ಏಣೆಲ್'') cultivation. A general race of buffaloes is known as kori (kando korune)<ref>Viveka Rai, B.A., Yadhupathi Gowda, Rajashree (Eds.), Puttubalakeya Paaddanagalu (Mangalagangothri, 2004), p. 53</ref> [[Kambala]]. It highlights the principle of cooperation in cultivation which, in turn, helped in moulding the community life of the people of Tulunadu. It is a collectively executed task in which every household participates with men and animals. Celebrated in the traditional way in the household family here every year. The villagers and the Guttinamane family celebrates the ritual with pomp and gaiety.

== History ==
=== Pookare ===
[[File:Pookare Kambala1 - Kinyaguttu Kondana 25 Nov 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Pookare]]
The rituals are observed during ploughing of the land are known as 'kandada kori'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tulu-research.blogspot.com/2013/04/314-mooltana-alades-in-tulunadu.html|title=TuLu Research & Studies: 313. Mooltāna Alades in Tulunadu|first=Ravindra|last=Mundkur|date=30 April 2013}}</ref> in Tulu Language. Before sowing is undertaken, it's a custom to place a pillar (known as 'pookare kamba')<ref>Amritha Someshwara, Tulu Paaddana Samputa, op.cit., p.79.</ref> in the middle of the paddy field. The placing of the stone pillar symbolises marriage, with land being the bride and pillar/pole, the groom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/lavalavk/languages/tulu/-/articleshow/28479389.cms|title = ತುಳು ಚಾವಡಿ-ತುಳುವೆರೆನ ಬೆನ್ನಿ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿದ ತೇರ್-ಪೂಕರೆ}}</ref>

The pookare pillar is made of [[Areca nut|arecatree]]. On the previous day of pookare,<ref>Sundara Kenaje, Bathada Loka, op.cit., p.49.</ref> an areca tree is felled and placed on the upper part of the field. From this tree, members of the carpenter community prepare the pookare pillar. A long pillar is scraped and chopped off smoothly and the nile is
assembled into it and the nele placed at the bottom is known as thottilu nele. The remaining niles{{typo help inline|reason=similar to miles|date=September 2020}} are assembled into it in a triangular shape. Later, the tender areca flowers are placed on the top by the members of the Poojary community. Members of the barber community decorate it with different types of flowers like chendu, pade, kepala, and other types of flowers and later the ‘mudi’ made of ‘hongare’ tree is placed on the eery {{?}} top by the carpenter. After completing the pookare, the carpenters hand it over to the pookare carriers.<ref>Poovappa Kaniyoor, Pookare Mattu Itatra Janapadeeya Lekhanagalu, op.cit., p.46.</ref>

=== Bootha in Kori Kambala ===
During this agriculture based ritual, deities such as Urava, Erubanta, Nagabhoota and Bermer<ref>Dr. Indira Hegde, Tuluvas Original Abode ‘Adi Alade’: Tradition and Transformation, Navakaranataka, Bangalore,2012,p.408</ref> are invoked and worshipped. Prominent god of Kambala tradition is Naga Bermer. The coming together of bhutas ‘Naga’ and ‘Bermer’ led to the creation of Naga Bermer.

==== Urava and Erubanta ====
Erubanta and Urava are from the same family and known as sub-deities of Naga Bermer. According to Tulu-English dictionary,<ref>Manner, A., Paaddanolu, op.cit., p.62.</ref> Urave means a 'man who ploughs' and Eru means a 'bull'. So now we know the reason behind the worship ''Eru banta''<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/131824|hdl=10603/131824|title=Illakulu-aitihasikate pradeshikate mattu aradhana swaroopa|journal=University|date=13 June 2007|last1=Gowda|first1=Poovappa}}</ref> During the ritual, right after the main deities are worshipped, the makeup is altered slightly to make way for the worship of the sub-deities. In Uruv and Eru banta has no ''Paddana'' chanting formally paddana is chanting for all Daiva Kola . ''Paddana'' singing of the kabitha and ural Celling of stories and proverbs.
[[File:Kori Kambala at Kenya Guttu, near Kondana, Mangalore, on 26.11.2018 (13) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Urava Daiva]]

== References ==
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