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  2. Raksha Bandhan - Wikipedia

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    1993, Oxford HindiEnglish Dictionary रक्षा बंधन: m. Hindi, the festival of Rakshabandhan held on the full moon of the month of Savan, when sisters tie a talisman (rakhi q.v.) on the arms of their brothers and receive small gifts of money from them. [29]

  3. Santoshi Mata - Wikipedia

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    Birju returns home a rich man and establishes a separate household with Satyavati. At the udayan ceremony, Satyavati's sisters-in-law mix sour food in the ritual meal, to be served to eight boys. Santoshi Mata punishes the sisters-in-law by crippling them and their sons, who have the ritual meal, fall dead. Satyavati is blamed for this misfortune.

  4. Punjabi wedding traditions - Wikipedia

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    Thereafter, the groom's sister ties the sehra on the groom's head. After the completion of Sehrabandi ceremony, all those who witness the function give gifts and cash to the boy as a token of good luck. A groom with sehra. Varna is a ceremony that is supposed to ward off the evil eye. The groom's bhabi lines his eyes with surma (kohl).

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    Social media users should beware of this holiday ho-ho-hoax that's going viral.

  6. Woman Surprises Sister with a Gift That Makes Her Cry ... - AOL

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    Jenna's older sister, Jessica Tobillo, 29, handed her a gift wrapped in pink. When she unwrapped it, her jaw immediately dropped. "I opened it and I was absolutely in shock," Jenna tells PEOPLE.

  7. After Decades of Paying for 'Joint Gift' for Mom by Himself ...

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    A woman is expressing concern that her husband is being taken advantage of by his own sister during the holidays, sharing that while the two give their mom a "joint gift," only he actually pays ...

  8. Rakhi system - Wikipedia

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    The Sardari in-which the Rakhi tax was paid to by the locals was obliged to protect them from "plunder, theft, or molestation" from within the community or by outsiders. [3] [9] Folks from all backgrounds were afforded protection by the Khalsa through the Rakhi arrangement; from various religious backgrounds (such as Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims) to various social classes (peasants and landowners).

  9. Bhai Dooj - Wikipedia

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    Bhai Tika in Nepal is also known as Bhai Tihar meaning Tihar (festival) of brothers. On this day, sisters pray to Yamraj for a long life and prosperity for their brothers. [11] The ritual involves sisters marking the forehead of their brothers with a seven coloured long tika. The rest of the ritual is similar to that performed by Hindus elsewhere.