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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #48343 by Satpute Sunita

Village: सेलु - Selu


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

[42] id = 48343
सातपुते सुनीता - Satpute Sunita
दुबळ्या भरताराची नार करिती हेळना
हळदीवरी कुकू बाई सोन दिल्यान मिळना
dubaḷyā bharatārācī nāra karitī hēḷanā
haḷadīvarī kukū bāī sōna dilyāna miḷanā
The woman humiliates her husband because he is poor
Kunku* on the spot of haladi*, you cannot buy it even by paying gold
▷ (दुबळ्या)(भरताराची)(नार) asks_for (हेळना)
▷ (हळदीवरी) kunku woman gold (दिल्यान)(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.
haladiTurmeric. Also application of turmeric, Haladi ceremony, forms a part of the rites of marriage which generally takes place a day before the wedding

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