Sure Nabha ji
I will bring photographs of kangri in next visit, but perhaps it may not be
with person carrying it. I will visit Kashmir mainly in summer when kangri
is not used. May be I can ask some friend of mine to send me.
And yes about carrying kangri under the phiran, I have done it myself
under a blanket, as I have never worn a phiran. As for managing it, we used
to keep kangri under our quilt when we slept, and there are only 2-3 per
cent cases when it gets turned and may burn the bed. Kashmiris know it well
to manage kangri.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks to all, for your feedback.
> Prof. Singh ji,
> I searched on net and found some fotos of kangri, but not of a person
> carrying kangri below the phiran. I can't imagine how they do that. I am
> looking forward to fotos of kangri, you are going to send me after your next
> trip to kashmir.
>
> Mani ji,
> I hope, you got the answer to your question in my last mail.
>
> I am glad, you all liked my writeup. Perhaps there are more occasions of
> writing more such stories. This is *Indian* *Tree* group. So unless there
> is some relevance to the topic, I can't write stories though they may be
> interesting.
>
> Regards
> Nalini
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> *To:* tanay bose <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Na Bha <[email protected]> ; Pankaj Kumar<[email protected]>;
> [email protected]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2011 3:28 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:0] Re: fruit and vegetable week:
> Storytellingtime: Mate
>
> Nabha ji
> That is really nice story with ample scientific information and good
> photographs. I am sure, in future also we will have many such packets of
> information. In Kashmir, especially in winter most people carry two things
> with them: a kangri (earthen pot with outer lining and handle of willow
> wickerwork, filled with simmering powdered charcoal, mostly from
> Chinar-Platanus orientalis, or other leaves) below the phiran (a large loose
> gown) to warm; and a samavar (a mini hamam) in which kahva tea (green tea)
> with cinnamon, cardamom and powdered almonds, and sugar, with a touch of
> saffron and honey. This Kahva tea (chai) is now a fashion in many wedding
> parties. Yesterday we went to a wedding party, and the poor kashmiri (they
> give it a Kashmiri touch) waiter could not cope with the rush of every one
> prefering kahva over coffee. Some kashmiris also carry namkin chai or
> Kashmiri chai (with milk (kahva is without milk) and salt, sugar, cinnamon,
> cloves, pepper, cardamom and soda bicarbonate to give it characteristic red
> colour-hence the name pink tea).
> Happy tea drinking
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:39 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nice information and the pots too look very nice
>> I was how they carved the hoofs out to make a pot!!
>> Thanks for sharing such lovely informations
>> tanay
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I hate smoking too.
>>> can tell you several stories on that.
>>> If the lady wants to smoke and dring and feed her baby, it is her
>>> business. live and let live.
>>>
>>> The foto I took , with her permission btw., to capture the real life.
>>>
>>> I am going to sleep now.
>>> Asta la vista ( till next)
>>>
>>> Nalini
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pankaj Kumar" <
>>> [email protected]>
>>> To: "Na Bha" <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 11:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: fruit and vegetable week: Storytellingtime: Mate
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nice information...thanks a lot for sharing....
>>> I kind of disliked the last pic, a lady with a baby and a cigarette and
>>> mate!!!
>>> I hate smoking.....:((
>>> Regards
>>> Pankaj
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now I am back, finished the urgent work, and shall tell you the first
>>>> story.
>>>>
>>>> Mate, Mate-tea
>>>>
>>>> Mate-Tea is a popular drink in tropical southamerica. My Fotos are
>>>> however
>>>> from Buenos Aires. People carry a thermos flask and a Matepot even while
>>>> going thru the streets, discussing or arguing with the neighbour,
>>>> picknicking. I even saw young people, the boy, with one arm round the
>>>> shoulder of his girlfriend and Matepot in the other hand.
>>>>
>>>> The pot called Mate is made from the fruit of a gourd vine (Iagenaria
>>>> vulgaris, cucurbitaceous family). One can choose the form, the
>>>> decoration as
>>>> one likes. Along with traditional Mate pots you will also find kitschy
>>>> pots
>>>> on sale. After the gourd is dried for a long time, one has to cure it.
>>>> The
>>>> vendor tried to explain me with lots of words and plenty of gesture. But
>>>> my
>>>> spanish is not so good. the curing is done to get rid of the bitterness
>>>> of
>>>> the gourd. Again german wiki http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate has much
>>>> more
>>>> information than english wiki.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway the pot is Mate, comes from the old Indian language quechua. The
>>>> rod
>>>> is called bombilla, it is like a straw and the spoon-end is a sieve.
>>>> Mate-tea, called yerba, are leaves of Mate bush (Ilex paraguariensis
>>>> A.St.-Hil, auch: Ilex paraguensis D.Don und Ilex paraguayensis Hook).
>>>> Half
>>>> of the Matepot is filled with Yerba and hotwater is poured on it. With
>>>> Bombilla you drink (suck) the tea.
>>>> It is extremely bitter, not my case. One may drink the tea with suger,
>>>> milk,
>>>> aromated tea, and what not. But a real Argentinean will drink it the
>>>> traditional way, anytime, everywhere. I wonder if they go to bed with a
>>>> matepot near the alarmclock.
>>>>
>>>> Btw. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, plenty of green, small niches
>>>> along
>>>> the roads to sit and drink mate or to watch the hustle and bustle. Just
>>>> too
>>>> warm.
>>>>
>>>> Asta la vista
>>>> Nalini
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ***********************************************
>>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"
>>>
>>>
>>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
>>> Research Associate
>>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
>>> Department of Habitat Ecology
>>> Wildlife Institute of India
>>> Post Box # 18
>>> Dehradun - 248001, India
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Tanay Bose*
>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
>> Department of Botany.
>> University of British Columbia .
>> 3529-6270 University Blvd.
>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
>> 604-822-2019 (Lab)
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>> [email protected]
>> *Webpages:*
>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html
>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html
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