maKhsuusWednesday, October 04, 2006
Kaatha Rasm...
So after Mahurat I went out with her cousin to Islamabad for some more shopping and roaming around. I was loving every bit of it. The greenery, well planned roads, proper shopping places, etc etc. We went to his shop which was cooooool huge and I was amazed to see atleast 200 different types of cheeses there. Then we went to pick my shaadi clothes up, after a trial I was thankful to Allah that everything was going perfectly well. My family was supposed to arrive the next day. Next day was Kaata kutne ki rasm. Hmmm so about this rasm, four women sit on four corners of a square cloth with that pastel thingee. Two women from Fatee's mom side and two from her dad's side. They crush big chunks of kattha (catechu) pieces with jasmine oil and milk to make a paste. It is said that the sound of crushing the catechu keeps away the devil during whole of the shaadi process and everything goes on smooth. The paste is then applied to everyone's face, just a finger touch.
Gifts were given to everyone by Fatee's mom. Then... you guessed it right, food and more food. I was loving this food part a lot :-)
Saleem Pothiwala ::
10:47 PM ::
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