As 2024 comes to an end, the Old Man awaits the bonfire at Mount Mary Steps, Bandra. Another Bombay tradition that’s fizzling out. While most people watch it take place nearly each year, the significance behind this tradition is known to few.
Made of hay and clothed, the old man represents all the sorrows of the year gone by that are to be burned away before the new year begins. Commonly referred to as Mr. Old Man or Old Man Gloom, the effigy burning symbolizes the burning of all the gloom the preceding year had.
Bandra Buzz
As 2024 comes to an end, the Old Man awaits the bonfire at Mount Mary Steps, Bandra. Another Bombay tradition that’s fizzling out. While most people watch it take place nearly each year, the significance behind this tradition is known to few.
Made of hay and clothed, the old man represents all the sorrows of the year gone by that are to be burned away before the new year begins. Commonly referred to as Mr. Old Man or Old Man Gloom, the effigy burning symbolizes the burning of all the gloom the preceding year had.
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