So.., here is a little taste of culture!
There are plenty of Fests and Festivals in India! as well as traditions !! Imagine, they have 9 Goddesses and 3 Gods! Do not know them all by heart, yet.. But know for sure that every weekday has a Goddess appointed: Monday- long lasting life, Tuesday- power. Wednesday- new start/beginnings.. (other do not know yet). So I was right on time when moved to India on Wednesday ;) and thus visited the temple at the very first day of the arrival :)
Now, recently there was 9 Goddesses week, when people were fasting for 9 days! Ate only one a day, had big prays, etc. And the last days of The Goddesses celebration any small girls were either visited by people or asked to come to peoples' homes.
It is believed that small girls are innocent, honest, fair, truthful, open and contain a Goddess inside! So the last days they are treated as ones: they are given gifts, money, sweets.
Every house should invite or visit 9 girls!
When one visits someone - A girl comes to someones' home, then she is to be seated on a mat, which is specially laid on the floor for coming girls. Then she is asked whether she wants to eat something, drink, etc.. then she is sanctified (put a red dot with some rice on the forehead, that mass was previously blessed in the home-temple with all the rituals). Then she is given a gift and some money... And she can stay and play or talk.. or just whatever :)
When girls are coming to your home:
The huge ritual is made beforehand! The housewife dresses up nicely, with traditional dress! All clean and sober :), prepares a sweet, prepares a worship for the Gods and the rest is the same:
As you can see, there are some backed bread, vegetables, sweet and coconut.
And this is how the home-temple looks like: Gods, and all the utensils to worship.. note the little bowl for fire place, essense..
Everything is prepared carefully, even before going to the temple people wash the dishes that are going to be used for worship with some rituals and priers...
The oils and the sweets..
And here with all the gifts to be given for girls.
This is how it is done ;) (great stuff, ha?)
Could not resist taking my new favorite sweets :)
BTW, this is a taxi (tuk-tuk) which is on three wheels :) Can get probably 10 ppl in :D and is very very hard! the first time I got a chance to drive in it, had to keep myself from the sides not to hit the metal :) but it is very nice experience! on the way one gets to smell all the nasty things! get the dust :D see people :) get even closer to the traffic with no conditioning! :) feel the dirt and sweat on your face and hands :) everything :) Actually, it is good :)
Tourists are very much fooled by those drivers! One has to agree for the price before he/she gets in!! otherwise will pay a fortune ;) And! locals have their own/loyal drivers (couple of them, because they are busy most of the time).. whom they call in cells and ask for a lift..it is usually cheaper as well! Imagine, we were going with this precious driver for 20 min. back and then 20 min. forth and he was waiting for an hour outside for us..and we paid him 100 rupees (~10kr~5lt).. mhm!!
other time we just caught one from the street and it cost us 40rupees just for 10 min. drive.. ;)
It is deffinitely good transportation mean! and very important to try once! at least!!
BTW, dolls and children toys are so suited to the market! They are all different as well :) The kitchen stuff, for eg. looks just as the kitchen looks here :) with the gas-stove, diff. kind of pans, traditional metal plates, even bread (chapati)! (we'd have chicken burgers :D) etc..
And movies!! :) sometimes it is very funny to see how they show when a women, who has her face covered, is talking.. When it is the case, they show her face from under the sheet, to show the face expressions, etc.. and it looks like a woman's face under the cover, taken from down :) and nothing else :) And then they show the other episode how do people reacted to the things which the covered women told :)..
or it is fun to see when there are several women sitting in circle and doing some things.. and someone comes and approaches one of them :) Then I wonder..:" how does that person know that a particular woman is sitting there!! :) One might pretend not being there so easily :D (under disguise) :D
ok, these were my observations :)
There are plenty of Fests and Festivals in India! as well as traditions !! Imagine, they have 9 Goddesses and 3 Gods! Do not know them all by heart, yet.. But know for sure that every weekday has a Goddess appointed: Monday- long lasting life, Tuesday- power. Wednesday- new start/beginnings.. (other do not know yet). So I was right on time when moved to India on Wednesday ;) and thus visited the temple at the very first day of the arrival :)
Now, recently there was 9 Goddesses week, when people were fasting for 9 days! Ate only one a day, had big prays, etc. And the last days of The Goddesses celebration any small girls were either visited by people or asked to come to peoples' homes.
It is believed that small girls are innocent, honest, fair, truthful, open and contain a Goddess inside! So the last days they are treated as ones: they are given gifts, money, sweets.
Every house should invite or visit 9 girls!
When one visits someone - A girl comes to someones' home, then she is to be seated on a mat, which is specially laid on the floor for coming girls. Then she is asked whether she wants to eat something, drink, etc.. then she is sanctified (put a red dot with some rice on the forehead, that mass was previously blessed in the home-temple with all the rituals). Then she is given a gift and some money... And she can stay and play or talk.. or just whatever :)
When girls are coming to your home:
The huge ritual is made beforehand! The housewife dresses up nicely, with traditional dress! All clean and sober :), prepares a sweet, prepares a worship for the Gods and the rest is the same:
As you can see, there are some backed bread, vegetables, sweet and coconut.And this is how the home-temple looks like: Gods, and all the utensils to worship.. note the little bowl for fire place, essense..
Everything is prepared carefully, even before going to the temple people wash the dishes that are going to be used for worship with some rituals and priers...
The oils and the sweets.. And here with all the gifts to be given for girls.
Tourists are very much fooled by those drivers! One has to agree for the price before he/she gets in!! otherwise will pay a fortune ;) And! locals have their own/loyal drivers (couple of them, because they are busy most of the time).. whom they call in cells and ask for a lift..it is usually cheaper as well! Imagine, we were going with this precious driver for 20 min. back and then 20 min. forth and he was waiting for an hour outside for us..and we paid him 100 rupees (~10kr~5lt).. mhm!!
other time we just caught one from the street and it cost us 40rupees just for 10 min. drive.. ;)
It is deffinitely good transportation mean! and very important to try once! at least!!
BTW, dolls and children toys are so suited to the market! They are all different as well :) The kitchen stuff, for eg. looks just as the kitchen looks here :) with the gas-stove, diff. kind of pans, traditional metal plates, even bread (chapati)! (we'd have chicken burgers :D) etc..
And movies!! :) sometimes it is very funny to see how they show when a women, who has her face covered, is talking.. When it is the case, they show her face from under the sheet, to show the face expressions, etc.. and it looks like a woman's face under the cover, taken from down :) and nothing else :) And then they show the other episode how do people reacted to the things which the covered women told :)..
or it is fun to see when there are several women sitting in circle and doing some things.. and someone comes and approaches one of them :) Then I wonder..:" how does that person know that a particular woman is sitting there!! :) One might pretend not being there so easily :D (under disguise) :D
ok, these were my observations :)
i luved everything n i liked my pic too...thnx....
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