Day 2, Thursday, January 2, 2025
Happy New Year Greetings Continues . . Happy New Year to All from Our and Our Daughters' Homes!Here is the auspicious platter to welcome 2025. Kashmiri families prepare a “thal,” to welcome each New Year. This is the first things each family member is expected to see after waking up on the morning of January 1. It includes bowls of milk and yogurt, sugar and salt, fresh and dry fruit, flowers, book/notebook, pen/pencil, gold/money and a mirror. The items are placed over uncooked rice. Other items may include hot chili, pods of tamarind or similar items. At the end of the day each ingredient is transferred back to its containers.Rice symbolizes sustenance, and gold/money, abundance. The transformative process of milk turning into yogurt signifies the skill, method, duration and patience it...
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