After these light showers, the skeleton stems of the trees are dressed up again with new sprouts. Hence, Tagu signifies the month when new leaves are pluck. Early in the morning, young men and women including the children gather on the roadsides with pails and buckets of water ready to throw water onto any passersby. There are also merry-makers who decorated themselves in dresses shouting slogans and singing songs. A new year is a time for a joyous occasion.
Housewives prepare cold drinks and sweet cakes which are sent as presents to the neighbours.
These are gifts of charity to all people. The glutinous rice, mixed with a certain amount of rough rice, is grilled in water which is left for a night. A large pot of boiling water is prepared in the next morning, ladies make small balls of this glutinous rice paste with a piece of jaggary inserted in every ball. These balls, put into boiling water for a few minutes, came above the surface like floating buoys, cooked and ready to serve. A handful of these balls were then served on plates sprinkled with sliced coconut.