Do you know what the best day to cut your nail is? When to cut hair or
when to wear new clothes is a very tough question for scholars. Which day is
the best to start a journey in a particular direction? What is the best date to
start the construction of a new house or the best date to start living in a new
house? Do you know the best direction to sleep or eat? Which color-cloth should
be worn in a particular day is the most important. In Bhadvaa (Panchak), starting
journey or initiating new work is completely prohibited.
I know a person whose family obeys peculiar traditions. There is no good
quality wooden or iron door in his house though he is capable to purchase it
and which is most essential. Ordinary very weak shutters made of bamboos
(chachri) tied with rope or iron rings havebeen used which are quite unsafe. Often cases
of theft and other nuisances are heard.
I know another family, which
follows another abnormal ritual. After marriage, there is a festival ‘Madhushraawani’
for new brides. On this occasion, a burning flame is touched with bride’s knee
and is extinguished on the very limb. Sometimes the burnt skin wound becomes
severe and causes even death. Some families have left this custom
and only the cold wick is touched.
In
some societies, women are banned to recite ‘Gayatri-Mantra’ or Ved-Mantras.
During four days of menses, they are barred to take part in religious functions.
Sometimes, their involvements become must but they cannot participate due to
the custom. The secrecy is disclosed and they feel great humiliations. In the
present Hi-Tec period these all are superfluous. Women have become parallel to
men and in some fields, they are doing better. Men cannot be equal in nursing
field. In air hostesses, more percentage of girls are allowed.
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