East Indian Community Celebrates Agera Harvest Festival, Reconnects With Agricultural Roots Across Gaothans
As Mumbai’s urban landscape continues to expand, the East Indian Roman Catholic community on Sunday turned to its agricultural roots, celebrating Agera, its traditional harvest thanksgiving festival, across the city’s Gaothans. Thanksgiving For Harvest Celebrated on the first Sunday of October, Agera is derived from ‘ager’, meaning paddy field, and is a thanksgiving to God for an abundant…
The East Indian Roman Catholic community in Mumbai celebrated the traditional Agera harvest festival across the city's Gaothans on the first Sunday of October. Agera, derived from 'ager' meaning paddy field, is a thanksgiving to God for an abundant harvest. The festivities, which began with a procession from Villagers’ Cross, featured a bullock cart carrying freshly harvested paddy, a brass band, and a religious service in East Indian Marathi.
The celebrations aimed to reconnect the community with their agricultural roots, recalling the village's past when rice cultivation was the principal occupation. Traditional food, songs, and exhibitions of old agricultural tools were also part of the events, organized under the leadership of Fr Anthony Fernandes, parish priest of St John the Evangelist Church.
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