Sunday, June 17, 2007

Attending a Seemantham


Today I was invited to bless a mother-t0-be in the 3rd trimester function of seemantham - in a neighbour's apartment. Only married women - not barren, not widowed - are invited. The girl can now leave for her parents' house for the delivery, to come back only in the 3rd/5th month after delivery of the baby.
After an extremely late night (2 a.m.) at work, I overslept and reached after the ceremony was over. Anyway I was given a gift of glass bangles, jasmine flowers, turmeric and kumkum powder, betel leaves, supari and banana.
Also witnessed, earlier in the day, an all-woman (save for the drummers and others) procession on the road with a lil girl in bridal finery being the star - could be a parade announcing the attainment of puberty.
Interesting practices.
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