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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #95777 by Chandgude Shanta

Village: कार्हाटी - Karhati


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

[41] id = 95777 ✓
चांदगुडे शांता - Chandgude Shanta
दुबळ्या भरताराची शेजी करीती हेळना
सोन दिल्यान मिळना माझ्या कंपाळीच कुंकू
dubaḷyā bharatārācī śējī karītī hēḷanā
sōna dilyāna miḷanā mājhyā kampāḷīca kuṅkū		✎ The neighbour woman humiliates her poor husband
Kunku* on my forehead, I can’t buy it by paying gold
▷ (दुबळ्या)(भरताराची)(शेजी) asks_for (हेळना)
▷  Gold (दिल्यान)(मिळना) my (कंपाळीच) kunku 		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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