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ragas in green breeze ~
ragas in green breeze ~
Posted by Shyam Santhanam Fri, May 16th 2008, 23:15

aaltaa on her feet

a bride imprints auspicious red

for prosperous green

 
"flourish" (Haiku) posted by Rebba Singh Sat, May 17th 2008, 05:43
  
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Thank you for this interesting haiku, Rebba. It's a lovely impressionistic and truly Indian take on the image.
Shyam Santhanam Sat, May 17th 2008, 16:41  
  

yes shyam...an indian bride throws cupped hands full of rice backwards over her head when she leaves her parents home...symbolically...
walks into her in laws home bare foot...
at the threshold she knocks a small urn full of rice forward into the house...with her right toe...then steps into a 'thaali' - plate of liquid red 'aaltaa' color...i guess 'green' as in prosperity is what follows the bright red auspicious footprints...symbolically...
Rebba Singh Sun, May 18th 2008, 08:02  
  

Thanks Rebba for this explanation. I saw it much better.
Shyam Santhanam Tue, May 20th 2008, 11:06  
  

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