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It's my favorite day of year. My Nani would do preparation a day before. & tell a beautiful story of sister & brother.
A lake is made, with yum & yamini using cow dung.
A particular type of cactus leaves are kept a night before.
Morning we would take water in
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#Thread
It's my favorite day of year. My Nani would do preparation a day before. & tell a beautiful story of sister & brother.
A lake is made, with yum & yamini using cow dung.
A particular type of cactus leaves are kept a night before.
Morning we would take water in
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& curse our brother. Later we would prick our tongue with the cactus leaves for abusing.
Story goes like
A brother goes to Sasural of his sister to fetch her. She asks her mom in law about how to cook poori and kheer.
They both leave, resting near Sangam of 2 rivers
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Story goes like
A brother goes to Sasural of his sister to fetch her. She asks her mom in law about how to cook poori and kheer.
They both leave, resting near Sangam of 2 rivers
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When the brother sleeps, two rivers starts talking. 1st river asks Yamuna about future of beautiful boy sleeping at the bank.
Yamuna says he has to fight kaal.
He is about to die. Now when he eats Kheer, it has lizard in it. He would die. If some one can throw that kheer
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Yamuna says he has to fight kaal.
He is about to die. Now when he eats Kheer, it has lizard in it. He would die. If some one can throw that kheer
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Give him juts Poori, he will be saved.
Next would be when he goes for his marriage. On crossing river, it would get flooded, drowning him.
If his sister can walk in front of the baraat, puts a stool as soon as water rises, he would be saved. Also use a log of wood to cross
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Next would be when he goes for his marriage. On crossing river, it would get flooded, drowning him.
If his sister can walk in front of the baraat, puts a stool as soon as water rises, he would be saved. Also use a log of wood to cross
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We too use moosal to break coconuts symbolizing problems of our bothers.
Then he crosses the symbolic river on that moosal.
Next is when he sits during Dwarchar (welcome of baraat)
Wall would fall on him.
If his sister stands holding the wall, he would be saved.
Last would
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Then he crosses the symbolic river on that moosal.
Next is when he sits during Dwarchar (welcome of baraat)
Wall would fall on him.
If his sister stands holding the wall, he would be saved.
Last would
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Be during his 1st night. A snake would bite him. If some one can keep vigil through out the night, he would be saved.
Sister decides to save her brother. She pretends to have gone mad.
People & society laugh at her. But she doesn't tell anyone anything. Leaves her husband,
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Sister decides to save her brother. She pretends to have gone mad.
People & society laugh at her. But she doesn't tell anyone anything. Leaves her husband,
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Family to stay with brother.
During that time, girls were not allowed to go in baraat. But she becomes adamant to go.
Brother too says that If his sister wants to go, he doesn't care about society.
So she walks infront of Baraat, doing whatever she had heard.
Lastly on the
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During that time, girls were not allowed to go in baraat. But she becomes adamant to go.
Brother too says that If his sister wants to go, he doesn't care about society.
So she walks infront of Baraat, doing whatever she had heard.
Lastly on the
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Night after wedding when she insists on sleeping with Sickle, people get scared that she may harm her brother. But her brother says, he trusts her.
She keeps vigil through out the night.
During night a snake comes. She covers it with a tokni & kills it. That's when she
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She keeps vigil through out the night.
During night a snake comes. She covers it with a tokni & kills it. That's when she
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She tells people about the truth.
Such is the love of a sister for her brother.
And the trust brother has on sister.
May this #BhaiDuj All brothers of all sisters stay safe.
Especially at the borders & ones working in COVID facilities
P. S today we also cook stuffed
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Such is the love of a sister for her brother.
And the trust brother has on sister.
May this #BhaiDuj All brothers of all sisters stay safe.
Especially at the borders & ones working in COVID facilities
P. S today we also cook stuffed
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