Seasonal Words - List

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List of seasonal words (kigo) from India

... ... ... ... The India Saijiki

インド　歳時記　

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According to the classical text of the Ritusamharam we will introduce six haiku seasons in India, two more that the four seasons of the Japanese Saijiki.
(Thanks to the initiative of Kala Ramesh!)

Each Indian seaseon comprises only two months, whereas in the Japanese saijiki, each season (except the New Year), comprises three months and is divided in early, middle and late part of the season.
Seasons and Categories Learn the Basics of World Kigo.


The rainy season (tsuyu) is covered as a Japanese kigo for Mid-Summer.

Frost, which comprises November and December, is an ALL WINTER kigo in Japan.

November and December comprise kigo for early and middle winter in Japan, check it here: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/haiku/saijiki/4wi.html

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Other poets say many parts of India have only THREE seasons:
Summer, Winter and Monsoon !

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Here are the six seasons for INDIA

Spring - called Vasant（Basant) - in the months of Chaitra and Vaishakh
approximately March and April

Summer – called Grishma –in the months of Jaishthya and Aashadh
approximately May and June

Rains – called Varsha - in the months of Shravan and Bhadrapad
approximately July and August

Autumn called Sharad - in the months of Aashwin and Kartik
approximately September and October

Frost – called Hemant – in the months of Margshishya and Pousha
approximately November and December

Winter - called Shishir - in the months of Magh and Phalgun
approximately January and February


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Haiku about each season
by Narayanan Raghunathan


About the climate, see also:
http://www.indianchild.com/climate_india.htm

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. ................. INDIAN KIYOSE


.. .. .. Spring (March - April)

Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day

Baishakhi Festival

Chidambaram Dance Festival in honour of Shiva

Falgun, month of falgun, Phalguna

Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma, Delonix regia) Two Trees with orange blossoms. Gulmohar


Goa Carnival
Golu Doll Festival Kolu
Gudi Padva Festival, Gudhi Padva

Hanuman Jayanti Festival

Himalayan Bearded Vulture chicks
Gypaetus barbatus aureus, a kind of Lammergeier

Hola Mohalla festival

Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)

Jallikattu Bull Fight during Pongal Festival


Kanjak Ashtami Puja and Navaratri

Kite flying India, Pakistan

Mahavir Jayanti Festival
Mango blossoms

Marathi New Year's Day Ugadi, Yugadi, Gudipadva

Neem blossoms, neem tree, magosa (Azadirachta indica)
and some food: Ugadi Pachadi

Nowruz, Newroz - "Persian New Year"

Pesakh Festival
　Pongal
Pooram Festival

Ramnavami Festival
Ramzan Id Festival
Ratha Saptami, Rathasapthami, Magha Saptami Festival


Shiva Ratri Night, Festival India, Nepal, Hindu Communities
Spring Festivals (Vasannta Utsav, India) also worldwide
Spring in India (vasant, basant)

Trumpet tree, golden yellow trumpet tree (Tabebuia chrysantha) India

Vaisakhi festival, Punjab and Bhangra dance
Vasant Navratri Festival

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.. .. .. Summer (May - June)

Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Purnima

Cassia blossoms (Cassia fistula) ... amaltaas, Amaltas, bendra lathi, aragvadha and other names
In Punjabi: ਅਮਲਤਾਸ

Ganges (Ganga) flowing down

Mango fruit

Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) Peepul, peepal or bo tree

Summer in India, find more kigo

Rollerskates

Tukaram Celebrations

Water shortage (for various reasons)
. . . drought (not enough rain)


World Music Day　

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.. .. .. Monsoon, the Rains (July - August)

Bodh Gaya, Bodhgaya bomb blast, July 7, 2013

Guru Poornima/ Guru Purnima Teachers Day
full moon day in the Hindu month of Ashad (July-August)

Independence Day (India) August 15, 1947

Juggernaut Festival (India)

Monsoon rain, details ..(India, South Asia)

potholes in the road

Raksha Bandhan - Bond of Protection - Rakhi Purnima

Sawan, Month of (Savan) in Punjab
Senior Citizen's Day, August 21 　 　
Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) (India) Snake Festival

Tagore Memorial Day 　 Rabindranath Tagore
Trekking , Trek

Umbrella

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.. .. .. Autumn (September - October)

Autumn in India

Amla, aamla, amalika - Indian gooseberry Phyllanthus emblica

Chandrika Soap "the moon-faced one"

Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory　
..... Navaratri : Nine Nights Of Festivities. Bomma kolu. pavadai skirts.

Divali (Diwali, India)

Fog, Mist, Haze and more

Ganesh Chaturthi Festival

Janmashtami, Krishna Janmashtami, Jayanti . . . - "Gita Jayanti"

Kartik Purnima festival

. Karva Chauth - Karwa Choudh festival .

Mahatma Gandhi - Birthday 　 　　　

Mata Amritanandamayi - Birthday

Muharram festival

Onam festival - Kerala

Parijaat blossoms, Night Jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis )

Radha Astami - birth of Goddess Radha

Sesame (til, tila, gingili)

. Sharad Purnima harvest festival .
Kojaagari Purnima / Kumar Purnima

smog, black smog - kaala dhua or dhua

Teacher's Day, 　Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Day
Tiger Dance (Huli Vesha, Puli Vesha)

Vailankanni (Velankanni), Festival in Chennai, India

World Peace Day and Ahimsa　

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.. .. .. Frost (November - December)

Frost in India

Hornbill Festival, Nagaland

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Memorial Day, Children's Day


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.. .. .. Winter (January - February)


Bikaner Camel Festival, Rajasthan

Congee, rice porridge, kanji ... hot cereals

Coral Tree Blossoms (Erythrina indica) Tiger's claw, Sunshine Tree

Damsel crane

Gujarat violence 2002, Gujarat pogrom

Lohri festival Punjab

Makara Sankranti festival
and teel barfi and mejis and Bihu

Mustard greens (sarson) Punjab

New Year

Poush-Magh Festival

Republic Day January 26

Sugar cane


Thaipusam festival

Tiruppavai of Andal (Andaal) Tamizhnadu, Tamil Nadu
Tumeric, fresh (kurkuma, ukon)

Winter in India A few more kigo ...


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