Sunday, October 25, 2015

A palette of vermilion

Pictures of "Boron" and "Sindoor-khela" from our neighborhood Durga Puja on Dashami :-)
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2 comments:

  1. nice pictures!!! Explanation of some bangla words:)

    Boron: On the tenth day (doshomi) maa Durga leaves her parent's house and goes back to her husband (Shiva) in Koilash mountain. Before that, devotees bid her a tearful goodbye, married ladies smear sindoor (vermilion - a symbol of marriage in hindu religion) on her forehead, offer her sweets and betlenut leaf and ask her to come back again next year.

    Sindoor khela: After devi (goddess) boron, married ladies perform sindoor (vermilion) khela (play), they smear sindoor on each other's face , share sweets and dance on the beats of dhak (drum). They wish each other good luck for their long married life.

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