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Re: [NAFEX] Religious use of banana in North India.

From: Rick Valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Religious use of banana in North India.
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:49:37 -0700

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Religious use of banana in North India.

From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@vsnl.com>

Whenever there is any religious ceremony like marriage, and similar big ceremony in the family that involves Hindu rituals, young banana plants are brought from the field and placed at all the four corners of the sacred area.

Intriguing! I was just at a Shinto ceremony blessing a house-to-be-built (in an orchard no less) and my bamboo was used for this purpose.
-Rick

[NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, Georger, 10/11/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, Doreen Howard, 10/11/2002
  - Re: [NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar, 10/14/2002
    - Re: [NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, mIEKAL aND, 10/14/2002
      - Re: [NAFEX] Religious use of banana in North India., Dr. Chiranjit Parmar, 10/15/2002
        
        Re: [NAFEX] Religious use of banana in North India., Rick Valley, 10/16/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, ted siegan, 10/12/2002
  - Re: [NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, Keith Benson, 10/12/2002
  - Re: [NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, Rick Valley, 10/12/2002
    - Re: [NAFEX] MUSA Basjoo Banana, Doreen Howard, 10/12/2002