Hundreds Participate in Ugadi Cow Dung Fight Without Masks
Huge crowds of people, squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder with several defaulting on wearing masks, were seen celebrating Ugadi in visuals from Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
Ugadi is the first day of New Year for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In Kairuppala village in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, there is a tradition to form teams and throw cow dung cakes at each other during the Ugadi celebrations. On 13th April on the day of Ugadi, Huge crowds of people, squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder, were seen throwing cow-dung at each other. Hardly anyone was seen wearing masks. Nobody was following social distancing. On the same day, at Chowdeshwari temple in Kallur village of Kurnool district, hundreds of people gathered for a three-day celebration that included processions of bulls. A giant wheel and several other joy rides were also seen a few metres away from the temple with a crowd of people around them, most without masks.
These events come at a time when over 5,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Andhra Pradesh in 24 hours. 626 of the cases were from Kurnool alone. Kurnool has the second highest number of covid cases in Andhra Pradesh.
