Madikeri: Kodavas, both men and women beautifully dressed in their traditional attire, celebrated Kailpoldh festival with religious fervour and traditional gaiety across the district yesterday. As the district reeled under natural calamities continuously for three years and outbreak of COVID-19 now, the festival was limited only for traditional celebrations this time.
Kailpoldh, the harvest festival is the time for the Kodavas to feast after involving in hard labour of ploughing, sowing and transplanting of rice. The word Kailpoldh means a festival of armoury or weapons. Kail means armoury/weapon and Poldh means festival. The whole festival is about the completion of the transplantation of crops and the celebration that follows the hard work behind the completion of the task.
