Celebrations of the Nativity of our Lady! Nativity of our Lady or Monti Fest is a big celebration in India that is equivalent with Christmas. Here are the two traditions ~ one from St.Mary's Basilica, Bangalore, India and another from the Mangalorean Cutlure

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2. India

4. Bangalore
•India's third most populous city
•Fifth-most populous urban agglomeration
•Inducted in the list of global cities
•Ranked as a "Beta World City"

5. •Population1.22 Billion
•23 major languages
• 844 different dialects.
•Hindi, spoken by about 45 per cent
•Official language is Hindi and English.

6. •India 1/3 the size of the United States
•Second most populous country in the world
•India is the birthplace of chess
•The decimal system was invented in India in 100 B.C.
•The concept of zero as a number is also attributed to India

7.  The medium of education in India is mostly English in all the cities and towns.
 Most of the Education system is run by the Franciscan, Jesuit, Dominican, Augustinian
priests and nuns.
 Mission ~ Christian formation of the students, enriching creativity and love of learning,
right attitudes and interests and essential skills.
 The Catholic missionaries took to establishing schools, hospitals, and charitable
institutions such as nursing homes, orphanages, and dispensaries.

8. 1.Mangalorean Culture
2. St. Mary's Basilica

9. NATIVITY IN MANGALOREAN CULTURE

10. Children carrying baskets and plates filled with flowers

11. Singing traditional hymns and showering of flowers to Infant Mary

12. Singing traditional hymns and showering of flowers to Infant Mary

13. The procession along with the statue of Baby starts from the church,
passes through decorated streets, and reaches the church premises again.

14. Processions are held in churches wherein people carry baskets of flowers and ears of paddy in their hands.

15. Procession with people carry baskets of flowers and paddy

16. The blessing of the new grains with holy water and incense

17. Bundles of fresh paddy

18. Entering the church in procession for the solemn feast mass

19. Congregation

20. offertory procession children as well as adults bring new vegetables and other items as offerings

21. Sugarcane is distributed to children as well as adults.

22. Family members participate in partaking the meal mixed with the new paddy

23. St.Mary’s Basilica

24. Flag Hoisting and Procession

25. 9 days of Novena ~ men, women and children,
clad in the penitential saffron dresses

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