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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #40477 by Kokate Gitabai

Village: पुणतांबा - Puntamba


G:XIX-5.9c (G19-05-09c) - Husband and wife: attitudes, images and values / A poor husband / Wife contented only with kuṅku, black beads

[12] id = 40477
कोकाटे गिताबाई - Kokate Gitabai
दुबळ्या भरताराची नार करती याचा हेळणा
कपाळीच कुकु सोन दिल्यानी मिळना
dubaḷyā bharatārācī nāra karatī yācā hēḷaṇā
kapāḷīca kuku sōna dilyānī miḷanā
Don’t humiliate your husband because he is poor
Kunku* on the forehead, you cannot buy it even by paying gold
▷ (दुबळ्या)(भरताराची)(नार) asks_for (याचा)(हेळणा)
▷  Of_forehead kunku gold (दिल्यानी)(मिळना)
pas de traduction en français
kunkuA red spot applied on the forehead by married women whose husband is alive as a mark of good fortune. This powder is also applied to God as a part of worship. It is prepared from turmeric, lemon juice, alum etc.

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